Paid vacation legislation put on the back burner..
@revellanotvanella (4033)
United States
May 25, 2009 3:42pm CST
Florida democrat, Alan Grayson introduced the 'Paid Vacation Act' hoping to
ensure workers that work in businesses with 100 employees or more would get a week
of paid vacation time a year. His reasoning is that productivity will go hope, less
sick calls, and workers will just be happier.
Makes sense to me and United States needs to catch up on a lot of things, this just
being one thing. The people against the ACt are arguing that 'This Is No Time For
That' because the economy is so bad. But tell me, W-hen is the right time because
surely they certainly have not chosen one. And just them using this attitude is
just showing how much they value their workers--they ain't nothing but moneymakers
for big corporations.
Whole Story
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0509/22794.html
1 response
@owlwings (43897)
• Cambridge, England
25 May 09
In the UK (and, I believe, in most EU countries) a certain number of days of paid leave per annum (as well as the statutory holidays) is a legal requirement. The number of days is usually dependent on the length of employment and a few short-term contracts are allowed not to include paid leave.
I am, quite frankly, astounded that statutory paid leave is not the norm in the US as it is in Britain and the EU.
@revellanotvanella (4033)
• United States
25 May 09
Europe has a reputation here of being regular travelers but here in many places its nonexistant unless your really well off, is this why? I couldn't imagine taking a trip to europe after calculating the costs of air travel and hotel but I've met europeans who this is nothing. I knew a guy from Brazil who backpacked quite frequently and I know theres many hostels now and that always sounded cool to me.
