I ran across this stat about paid time off by country......Depressing

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PAID TIME OFF WITH 10 YEARS' TENURE


Country/Region...Minimum Paid Vacation Days...Paid public holidays...Total

Australia 20 11 (avg.) 31**
Austria 25 13 38
Belgium 20 10 30
Bulgaria 20 12 32
Canada 10 10 (avg.) 20
Cyprus 21 15 36
Czech Rep. 20 11 31
Denmark 25 10 35
Egypt 21 16 37
Estonia 28 10 38
Finland 30 14 44
France 30 10 40
Germany 24 10 34
Greece 25 12 37
Hong Kong 14 12 26
Hungary 23 (if over thirty-one yrs old) 10 33
India 12 19 31
Indonesia 12 13 25
Ireland 20 9 29
Israel 24 16 (avg.) 40
Italy 20 11 31
Japan 20 15 35
Latvia 20 11 31
Lebanon 15 18 33
Lithuania 28 12 40
Luxembourg 25 10 35
Malaysia 16 12 + state holidays 28 + state holidays
Malta 24 14 38
Morocco 21 19 40
Netherlands 20 8 28
New Zealand 20 11 31
Pakistan 14 14 28
Philippines 5 14 19
Poland 26 10 36
Portugal 22 12 34
Romania 21 7 28
Singapore 14 12 26
Slovakia 20 15 35
Slovenia 20 16 36
South Africa 21 12 33
South Korea 19 11 30
Spain 22 14 36
Sweden 25 11 36
Taiwan 14 11 25
Thailand 6 13 19
United Arab Emirates 30 9 39
United Kingdom 20 8 28
United States 15* 10* 25*
Vietnam 14 8 22

*These numbers reflect typical practice among large U.S. firms. There is no federal law requiring employers to give a minimum number of vacation days and holidays off, paid or unpaid.

**Correction: Due to a typo, an earlier version of this table incorrectly stated that the total number of paid days off in Australia is 41. It is, in fact, 31.

Source: Mercer Human Resource Consulting


http://money.cnn.com/2007/06/12/pf/vacation_days_worldwide/