It’s been a while since I’ve worked anywhere that started employees at less than three weeks, but the bottom line is that Canadian employers are required to provide only two (paid) weeks plus the stat holidays.
I thought it would be interesting to see how that stacks up to other countries so I pinged a number of friends in faraway places, and discovered the following:
Russians start at 25 days plus stat holidays
Danish people get six weeks including stats. Of interest: unemployed folks get 2.5 days holidays per month. Huh? You ask? While they are unemployed, they are expected to be available for work at a moments notice, and looking for work every day. It’s their “job”. But just like working folks, they too get a break of 2.5 days a month.
Australians can count on starting at 6 weeks plus about 10 stat days throughout the year.
Germans also get six weeks plus a number of stat holidays (highest I heard of is my friend Katherine working there who has 12 stats!)
South Korea gives 19 vacation days plus 15 stat holidays (this defied my stereotype, truth be told)
Slovakia gives 4 vacation weeks plus 15 stat holidays
Japan gives 4 vacation weeks plus 16 stat holidays
The UK gives nearly 6 weeks vacation plus 8 stat holidays
Finland gives 6 weeks plus 10 stat holidays
Brazil gives 6 weeks plus 11 stat holidays
Iran gives 4 weeks
American friends – I tried to find stats for you and it appears you have no required vacation days? Other than stats?
ANY OTHER SCOOP ?
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I had 30 days when I still lived in Germany. Now this here sounds like a smart policy at Social Media Group in Toronto – unlimited vacation time.
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Nancy (aka Moneycoach) Reply:
August 30th, 2011 at 09:23
Thanks Frank and I agree! If I had time I’d do a post on that alone. Very interesting.
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in addition to the 6 weeks we get in Germany, there are also a number of stat holidays too. In Bavaria (where I live) we get 12 stat holidays as well. There are 2 down falls though: if those stats fall on a weekend, you don’t get a day off. And as with sundays, on a holiday NOTHING is open (well except gas stations, some restaurants, casinos and the red light district!)
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I don’t think there’s a required minimum for vacation in the US. Mine used to be 4 weeks at a non-profit. My husband had 2 weeks at a for-profit but got bumped up a week after he got a MS degree and became vested as well.
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Nancy (aka Moneycoach) Reply:
September 5th, 2011 at 20:19
Hey thanks for popping by, Diedra and thanks for the info too. I looked and looked but couldn’t seem to find any definitive answer about the USA.
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