I mean, look at this. Canada ranks 3rd last in nations (10 day mandate), the only ones being worse are Japan and the USA.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/canada-ranks-3rd-last-in-paid-vacations-1.1306523
I'll repeat, employers in countries such as France and the United Kingdom are required on part of their governments to grant A WHOLE MONTH of paid vacation time to ALL employees.
Why is Canada so far behind in this requirement?
And are most Americans even aware their worker rights are total crap compared to a bulk of European nations?
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/canada-ranks-3rd-last-in-paid-vacations-1.1306523
Canada ranks third last among economically advanced countries in the amount of paid vacation time it guarantees its workers, a new U.S. study indicates.
The country, which for the most part mandates 10 vacation days annually, ranks ahead of only Japan and the United States, which is in last place.
Japan also requires 10 days paid vacation for workers, but unlike Canada has no paid statutory holidays. The U.S. — the "no-vacation nation" — doesn't guarantee any paid vacation, the study says.
"In the absence of government standards, almost one in four Americans has no paid vacation (23 per cent) and no paid holidays (23 per cent)," says the report, which was published in Washington by the Center for Economic and Policy Research.
The authors call the U.S. "the only advanced economy in the world that does not guarantee its workers paid vacation."
They don't delve into the economic or health effects of vacation laws.
In Canada, provincial law governs annual paid leave unless the employee falls under federal jurisdiction, the study notes. All provinces guarantee two weeks paid vacation, except for Saskatchewan, which mandates three weeks.
The best countries for paid vacation are:
- France: 30 days.
- The United Kingdom: 28 days.
- The Scandinavian countries of Norway, Denmark, Finland and Sweden: 25 days.
I'll repeat, employers in countries such as France and the United Kingdom are required on part of their governments to grant A WHOLE MONTH of paid vacation time to ALL employees.
Why is Canada so far behind in this requirement?
And are most Americans even aware their worker rights are total crap compared to a bulk of European nations?
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