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Happy Holidays
FROM:
JAN-FEB 2003 ISSUE
Two weeks paid vacation is great; but wouldn't four be better? According to a report by the Washington,
D.C.-based Center for Economic Policy and Research, Canada ranks near the bottom among industrialized countries when it comes to the number of mandated paid vacation days for its workers. Following are the statistics for some European and
North American countries:
| Austria: | 30 days |
| Denmark: | 30 days |
| Finland: | 30 days |
| France: | 30 days |
| Spain: | 30 days |
| Luxembourg: | 25 days |
| Sweden: | 25 days |
| Germany: | 24 days |
| Belgium: | 4 weeks |
| Greece: | 4 weeks |
| Ireland: | 4 weeks |
| Netherlands: | 4 weeks |
| United Kingdom: | 4 weeks |
| Italy: | 4 weeks |
| Portugal: | 22 days |
| Canada: | 2 weeks |
| United States: | 0 |