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Mandatory Paid Vacation

Created by L.P. on September 11, 2013

America is the only rich country where vacation is not mandatory. Lets make paid vacation mandatory as well as paid holidays. 20 paid vacation days and 10 paid holidays is about average among all rich countries. If you are for this then please sign this petition. The following countries all have mandatory paid vacation ranging from 10 days to 31 days. If you include paid holidays then the range is 10 days to 35 days.

Here is a list of all countries where paid vacation is mandatory: France, United Kingdom, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Germany, Austria, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Belgium, New Zealand, Ireland, Australia, Greece, Netherlands, Switzerland, Canada, Japan.

Check out the link below:

http://www.cnbc.com/id/100769597

Please sign this so we can have some time off as well.

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