America is the ONLY Developed Country that Doesn't Guarantee Paid Vacation or Holidays | |
clovis (OP) User ID: 39265894 United States 05/27/2013 10:23 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Here's the actual study which was conducted by the Center for Economic and Policy Research [link to www.cepr.net] pEacE, cLovIs |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 589518 Australia 05/27/2013 10:24 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 30473310 United States 05/27/2013 10:24 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 40638114 Portugal 05/27/2013 10:33 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
clovis (OP) User ID: 39265894 United States 05/27/2013 10:35 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Good, we don't need the government interfering in business. Every single government regulation only harms our economy, glad to hear America gets something right. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 30473310 So you're saying a little guaranteed R&R for the workforce in America is harmful? I'm not supporting more regulation, but I don't see how having zero time guaranteed to decompress from an already stressful job is "getting it right" pEacE, cLovIs |
paul777 User ID: 36956136 Australia 05/27/2013 10:43 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | In Australia full-time employees get 4 weeks paid holiday. Casual workers get a higher hourly rate in lieu of holiday pay & sick day pay. "How well we know what a profitable superstition this fable of Christ has been for us" Pope Leo X [1513-1521] |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 21443827 Canada 05/27/2013 10:46 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I had no idea! This really surprised me that the U.S. was the only country. Portugal and Austria have 35 combined vacation days and holidays guaranteed. That's five freakin weeks off. Nicely done Portugal and Austria! Quoting: clovis Japan comes in second to last with 10 guaranteed vacation days. That's still 10 more than the U.S. "Of course, in practice, richer workers are able to negotiate for both paid vacation and paid holidays. It’s poorer workers who can’t take any time off." "So among richer workers, almost all employers offer paid vacation and holidays, and quite a bit of it. Among poorer workers, less than half get paid vacation, and even when they do, their employers offer a lot less of it. This is one more way in which the poor often end up working much harder than the rich." There's a really good chart in this article graphing the 21 richest countries in the world and where they stand. Quite staggering compared to the U.S. Quotes from [link to www.washingtonpost.com] It's called the THIRD WORLD. The US isn't really a developed nation as far as workers or human rights are concerned. Not really. And now the infrastructure is falling apart, well you know what's next. 5 years tops. |
ISLANDIA User ID: 8828100 United States 05/27/2013 10:46 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
clovis (OP) User ID: 39265894 United States 05/27/2013 10:47 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 3647468 United States 05/27/2013 10:47 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
ohnonotagain User ID: 39734523 United States 05/27/2013 10:47 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Good, we don't need the government interfering in business. Every single government regulation only harms our economy, glad to hear America gets something right. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 30473310 So you're saying a little guaranteed R&R for the workforce in America is harmful? I'm not supporting more regulation, but I don't see how having zero time guaranteed to decompress from an already stressful job is "getting it right" WTF do you all do for a living? I've had paid holidays & vacation for decades! Educate &/or improve yourself. There's only one person to blame for your situation.... YOURSELF! "The Tree of Liberty is Thirsty and needs Watering" -Me |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 3647468 United States 05/27/2013 10:48 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 35671665 United States 05/27/2013 10:49 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | We our having our lives stolen by working every day. We are only on this planet a short time, and we spend our most productive years working for goddamn pieces of paper or electronic bits of zeros and ones. And for what? It's all completely pointless? Do we really need to be wasting our lives like this? |
clovis (OP) User ID: 39265894 United States 05/27/2013 10:51 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Good, we don't need the government interfering in business. Every single government regulation only harms our economy, glad to hear America gets something right. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 30473310 So you're saying a little guaranteed R&R for the workforce in America is harmful? I'm not supporting more regulation, but I don't see how having zero time guaranteed to decompress from an already stressful job is "getting it right" WTF do you all do for a living? I've had paid holidays & vacation for decades! Educate &/or improve yourself. There's only one person to blame for your situation.... YOURSELF! Couldn't agree with that statement more. I'm not complaining, I have 4 weeks. I just thought it was surprising that the U.S. was the ONLY one. It made me think of those who are working less fortunate jobs. Where, in other countries, these lower wage jobs are still guaranteed some time off pEacE, cLovIs |
luc User ID: 13163297 United States 05/27/2013 10:52 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 40305150 United States 05/27/2013 10:53 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | You relate working more days without vacation to working harder, that's a leap I'm not willing to make. Also poor people stuck in shit jobs need to shoulder some responsibility for that. It sucks that their years of laziness and bad choices left them stuck working at the 711 but if it's not sufficiently bad to motivate them to improve it's not sufficiently bad for the government to step in and fix it for them. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 25867801 United States 05/27/2013 10:56 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
Sivaro User ID: 25028055 United States 05/27/2013 10:59 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | We our having our lives stolen by working every day. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 35671665 We are only on this planet a short time, and we spend our most productive years working for goddamn pieces of paper or electronic bits of zeros and ones. And for what? It's all completely pointless? Do we really need to be wasting our lives like this? |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 40572872 United States 05/27/2013 11:00 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
clovis (OP) User ID: 39265894 United States 05/27/2013 11:01 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | You relate working more days without vacation to working harder, that's a leap I'm not willing to make. Also poor people stuck in shit jobs need to shoulder some responsibility for that. It sucks that their years of laziness and bad choices left them stuck working at the 711 but if it's not sufficiently bad to motivate them to improve it's not sufficiently bad for the government to step in and fix it for them. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 40305150 I see your perspective. Although, I don't think there's much proof to show that people who have vacation are working very hard either. Also, I don't think everyone in a shit job is there because they lack in motivation. Folks graduating college are stuck in shit jobs and a lot of others with good experience are too. pEacE, cLovIs |
clovis (OP) User ID: 39265894 United States 05/27/2013 11:03 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Here's the actual study which was conducted by the Center for Economic and Policy Research Quoting: clovis [link to www.cepr.net] From the CEPR study "United States law offers no guarantees of paid leave. The only exceptions are for government contractors and subcontractors covered under the Davis-Bacon Act." What's the Davis-Bacon Act you ask? From Wikipedia, "The Davis–Bacon Act of 1931 is a United States federal law that establishes the requirement for paying the local prevailing wages on public works projects. It applies to “contractors and subcontractors performing on federally funded or assisted contracts in excess of $2,000 for the construction, alteration, or repair (including painting and decorating) of public buildings or public works” [link to en.wikipedia.org] pEacE, cLovIs |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 40305150 United States 05/27/2013 11:03 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | We our having our lives stolen by working every day. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 35671665 We are only on this planet a short time, and we spend our most productive years working for goddamn pieces of paper or electronic bits of zeros and ones. And for what? It's all completely pointless? Do we really need to be wasting our lives like this? If your job is a waste of time you picked a piss poor job. I'm sorry you failed at life. You can't blame me, or your boss, or the system for that, you need to look in the mirror and blame yourself. I gather from the fact that you think work is a waste of your life that you value yourself pretty highly. You shouldn't. You aren't special. Special people with value have jobs they love and do jobs that me a difference. You're like any random unhappy loser collecting carts in the parking lots. The last few generations have been brainwashed to think they deserve a trophy for losing. You don't. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 40305150 United States 05/27/2013 11:07 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | You relate working more days without vacation to working harder, that's a leap I'm not willing to make. Also poor people stuck in shit jobs need to shoulder some responsibility for that. It sucks that their years of laziness and bad choices left them stuck working at the 711 but if it's not sufficiently bad to motivate them to improve it's not sufficiently bad for the government to step in and fix it for them. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 40305150 I see your perspective. Although, I don't think there's much proof to show that people who have vacation are working very hard either. Also, I don't think everyone in a shit job is there because they lack in motivation. Folks graduating college are stuck in shit jobs and a lot of others with good experience are too. Maybe it's not all motivation. Maybe it's the lack of discipline or the fear of sacrifice. Maybe it's the ego refusing to admit that they picked the wrong field or their experience isn't worth as much as they think it is. |
clovis (OP) User ID: 39265894 United States 05/27/2013 11:18 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | You relate working more days without vacation to working harder, that's a leap I'm not willing to make. Also poor people stuck in shit jobs need to shoulder some responsibility for that. It sucks that their years of laziness and bad choices left them stuck working at the 711 but if it's not sufficiently bad to motivate them to improve it's not sufficiently bad for the government to step in and fix it for them. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 40305150 I see your perspective. Although, I don't think there's much proof to show that people who have vacation are working very hard either. Also, I don't think everyone in a shit job is there because they lack in motivation. Folks graduating college are stuck in shit jobs and a lot of others with good experience are too. Maybe it's not all motivation. Maybe it's the lack of discipline or the fear of sacrifice. Maybe it's the ego refusing to admit that they picked the wrong field or their experience isn't worth as much as they think it is. So where did a lot of these deficiencies come from? They're a product of the system. You're acting like everything is completely fine and none of this is by design. And for someone who claims to be a special person with value, working a job you love, you sure seem to carry a lot of hatred and anger. Are you really as happy as you think you are? I just have too much love for all people to speak the way you are pEacE, cLovIs |
Widespread Franklin User ID: 25646874 United States 05/27/2013 11:20 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
Dug In User ID: 40541778 United States 05/27/2013 11:21 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | take the welfare money away from the mooches and give it to the workers for a vacation If something can corrupt you, you're corrupted already. Bob Marley “The duty of a patriot is to protect his country from its government.” THOMAS PAINE (1737-1809) Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one. Bruce Lee |
RaccoonAngel User ID: 38982770 United States 05/27/2013 11:23 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | US workers have no freedom or rights, just dumb slaves who think they're better than the rest of the world. US economy is nothing but handful of mega chain stores owned by globalist companies, they all work for Satanists and have to send their white teen daughters to go get work-raped by their black coworkers. And they love every minute of it, even their ridiculous mothers and fathers, they all got shit eating grins on their faces. Shit eater pride. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 33560264 United States 05/27/2013 11:24 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I had no idea! This really surprised me that the U.S. was the only country. Portugal and Austria have 35 combined vacation days and holidays guaranteed. That's five freakin weeks off. Nicely done Portugal and Austria! Quoting: clovis Japan comes in second to last with 10 guaranteed vacation days. That's still 10 more than the U.S. "Of course, in practice, richer workers are able to negotiate for both paid vacation and paid holidays. It’s poorer workers who can’t take any time off." "So among richer workers, almost all employers offer paid vacation and holidays, and quite a bit of it. Among poorer workers, less than half get paid vacation, and even when they do, their employers offer a lot less of it. This is one more way in which the poor often end up working much harder than the rich." There's a really good chart in this article graphing the 21 richest countries in the world and where they stand. Quite staggering compared to the U.S. Quotes from [link to www.washingtonpost.com] Stay in school... |
clovis (OP) User ID: 39265894 United States 05/27/2013 11:25 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 33483045 United States 05/27/2013 11:32 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |