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I'm glad I'm not "living" in the US

U.S. is the only country in the industrialized world without a minimum paid-leave law. While Europeans get four or five weeks paid leave by law, and even the Chinese get three weeks, The Americans get average about eight days after a year with one company and 10 days after three years. Thirteen percent of American companies offer no paid vacation at all

Country.Days By Law. Average.
Australia2025
Austria2530
Belgium2024
Brazil24-30
Canada10
China 1515
Denmark2530
Finland25five to six wks
France25
Germany2430
Greece2023
Ireland2028
Italy2030
Japan1017.5
Netherlands2025
Norway2130
Portugal2225
Spain2530
Sweden25five to seven wks
Switzerland20five to six wks
United Kingdom2025
U.S.010.2


posted on August 13 2003 by Anders