moved the conditional statement out of the primary view and into the layout itself

app/views/dashboard/home.html.erb

@@ -21,9 +21,7 @@
 				  <!-- End Title Buttons-->
 			    </div>
 			    <div id="charts_body" class="widget-body">
-				  	  <% if @user.paid_time_off %>
 				      <%= render :partial => "layouts/dashboard/dashboard_stats"%>
-				      <% end %>
 			    </div>
 				<div class="clearfix">
 		        </div>

app/views/layouts/dashboard/_dashboard_stats.html.erb

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+<% if @user.paid_time_off %>
 <!-- Begin easy pie charts container -->
  <div class="easy-pie-charts-container">
    <div class="pie-chart">
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@
    </div>
  </div>
  <!-- End easy pie charts container -->
-
+<% end %>
 <script type="text/javascript">
 $(document).ready(
   pieChartHome()