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The Netherlands is not the worst to live, but I for one could use a few days extra off for sure…
So a map that shows who is required to give the most time off. One can still give more than is required.
In Australia, it's rare to get more than 4 weeks. Government jobs will often give 6 weeks, but the minimum is 4 weeks, and most companies don't deviate from that.
Second paragraph is wrong - UK law mandates 20 paid days off, plus there are 8 paid public holiday days
Technically not true, companies don't have to give you bank holidays off as long as you get the right number of days in total (e.g. shops that are open on bank holidays), it's just that most places just give you the bank holidays (so the image is technically correct but a bit misleading)
The relative size of continents in this image can get hilarious at times. The west is truly brainrot.
Part of me doesn't believe this because based on my experience with our Mumbai office those fuckers are constantly off.
According to my swiss friend they actually have 4 weeks of paid time off, so I'm confused.
Japan has 16 public holidays, at least according to this: https://publicholidays.jp/2025-dates/
What about paid public holidays?
0 of them are specifically codified in employment law as paid time off or a day to be taken off, however are considered by default as non-work days in law so working that day would, in most cases be entitled to overtime pay increase or alternatively a replacement day off. They are also culturally accepted as days off, and there are other holidays like Obon festival next week where taking time off is very common.
Technically speaking the minimum is zero paid leave for new employees, but after a continuous 6 months of 5 days or 30h/week work or more with good attendance, an employee is entitled by law to 10 days of paid leave (likely the figure cited) which scales gradually each year to 20 at 6.5 years tenure. Part time employees receive a partial entitlement which is as little as 1 day off if 48-72 days is worked in a year (1 day/week).
So it's complicated, unless the source for the map used a standard method for all countries to compare equally (e.g. a full time employee's minimum legal entitlement after 12 months at a company).
Some kind of a standard method. Similarly in the states, there is 0 PTO required by law, though it's common for places to offer some amount and include federal holidays.
when Yemen is the top of the pack, one starts to wonder... maybe what we're presenting isn't a great measurement of human happiness?
But also the US with zero paid days is like literally imploding. So maybe it has a little to do with happiness
it certainly helps! I love all the holidays in korea. never realized they were mandatory
"it's a fishing license... and it's mandatory!"
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Lol, all of the Mexican countries wreck the US in paid time off
"Mexican countries". That's where they speak Mexican, right? Peak US geography right here.
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