{"id":33827,"date":"2023-07-10T17:43:48","date_gmt":"2023-07-10T21:43:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ifintechworld.com\/news\/want-30-vacation-days-a-year-live-in-france\/"},"modified":"2023-07-10T17:43:51","modified_gmt":"2023-07-10T21:43:51","slug":"want-30-vacation-days-a-year-live-in-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ifintechworld.com\/?p=33827","title":{"rendered":"Want 30 vacation days a year? Live in France."},"content":{"rendered":"
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We\u2019re well into summer vacation season, which means many Americans are likely traveling, whether it\u2019s to their favorite beach, mountain destination or other locale.<\/p>\n

But unlike people in most other countries, Americans aren\u2019t guaranteed vacation days. If you can take time off, it\u2019s at your employer\u2019s discretion. In much of the rest of the world, workers receive a mandated number of vacation days \u2014 often at least four and sometimes up to six weeks.<\/p>\n

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The same holds true for public holidays: While there are 11 U.S. federal holidays on the calendar, there\u2019s no law that says private employers must give their workers those days off.<\/p>\n

As Eileen Applebaum, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), a Washington, D.C.-based think tank, once put it: \u201cIn the U.S., paid vacation and holiday benefits are based on luck in the boss lottery, not federal policy.\u201d<\/p>\n

So what countries are on top when it comes to vacation time? In a 2019 report, the CEPR found that France led the way with 30 mandated vacation \u00a0days \u2014 and that figure has held study since then, according to a French government website.<\/p>\n

Other countries, especially European ones, are not far behind, according to the CEPR. Workers in the U.K. have 28 mandated vacation days, while in Austria, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Spain and Sweden, they have 25 days.<\/p>\n

If you look at both vacation days and public holidays, Iran leads the way with a remarkable 53 days off, according to the Visual Capitalist website. Other countries ranking high in the combined vacation\/holiday rankings include San Marino at 46 days and Yemen at 45 days.<\/p>\n

The lack of mandated vacation time in U.S. has been noted by many political, economic and other commentators.<\/p>\n

In a 2022 column for the New York Times, Paul Krugman wrote that while this policy (or lack thereof) seemingly speaks to how the U.S. economy is able to thrive because of our workaholic culture, it doesn\u2019t necessarily mean our workers are more productive. The need for time off can\u2019t be overlooked in terms of employee morale, Krugman argued.<\/p>\n

\u201cGovernments [that mandate paid vacation time] may be doing everyone a favor by preventing them from working too much,\u201d Krugman wrote.<\/p>\n

Krugman, a Nobel Prize-winning economist, isn\u2019t the only person to make this point. Younger people coming into the workforce are also raising the question.<\/p>\n

In a recent column for the Brown University student newspaper, Megan Slusarewicz said she found it shocking how little vacation time was offered at the entry-level jobs she looked at as she neared graduation \u2014 generally, two weeks at best.<\/p>\n

It as \u201cthough they were designed with the explicit purpose of exploiting the spry youthfulness and optimism of recent graduates by monopolizing their time,\u201d Slusarewicz observed. \u201cHow was I supposed to relax, visit my loved ones and\u00a0<\/em>keep up with my passions within the measly timeframe of half a month? It would not have been possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

Slusarewicz argued that \u201clegislation must be put in place to hold businesses accountable.\u201d<\/p>\n

But is such legislation likely to be passed? Shawn Fremstad, CEPR\u2019s director of law and political economy, told MarketWatch that the recent focus of federal and state legislatures has been on passing measures offering paid family and medical leave \u2014 not vacation time. Indeed, President Joe Biden has made providing family and medical leave part of his administration\u2019s mandate. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

But Fremstad said he could see the discussion eventually going beyond that to address vacation time.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think this is the next step,\u201d Fremstad said. \u201cI would love to see\u00a0somebody like Joe Biden say, \u2018We want every working person to have vacation days.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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