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Originally Posted by jumpy
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Around six weeks of paid time off is now the annual norm across Europe. This is 2 to 3 times as many paid days off per year than Americans.
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Six weeks?! lol someone please tell me where I can get a job with that kind of holiday entitlement 
I get 20 days annually, and untill recently that had to include the statutory bank-holidays- so in reality I only got thirteen days actual annual leave  also our company allows for a maximum of three weeks time allocated for illness per year should it be needed, though if you take more than three days off on the trot due to sickness you must produce a doctors certifficate to prove you are/were unwell.
This is pretty much standard for most forms of employment here, particularily if you earn less than 17k per annum (like me  - actual figure is £13,000pa before any tax deductions... boooo! sssss!). |
It's all how you divide the numbers. 3 weeks (15 days?) of paid sick leave per year is very rare over here. I've worked for many companies over the years and have seen anything from 2 days to a maximum of 10 with most being less than 5.
So if you add, say 8 days, of the extra sick time you get to your 4 weeks vacation time the numbers come close to matching what he said. Presently i get 3 sick days and 10 vacation days per year at my job (trade school Teacher) and that's all i'll ever get as long as i'm here.