We all know that the American worker's two weeks of annual paid vacation pales in comparison with the months of vacation time granted to Europeans. But is the vacation gap really as big as you think?
In terms of the number of hours actually worked annually, the U.S. ranks only a smidgen above the O.E.C.D. hotels atlanta airport average (2008 figures) and in any case below the Islanders, the Israelis, the Italians, the Greeks, hotels atlanta airport not to mention hotels atlanta airport most Eastern Europeans, the Japanese hotels atlanta airport and the drones of the world, the South Koreans.
As a labor lawyer, I think the U.S.-Europe gap is understated. In the U.S., with no labor movement or government to enforce limits on hours, it's impossible to get an honest count. Read Kim Bobo's "Wage Theft," documenting the staggering number of Americans who work for free, extra hours, for no pay.
I am a US expat in Europe, who gets six weeks of vacation a year and doesn't miss US vacation practices for a nano-second. It's August, and I am going away for 3 weeks, and I just love it. Actually, I don't even love it anymore, I just take it for granted.
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