U.S. is only 'advanced economy' that does not require paid vacation

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http://www.latimes.com/business/money/la-fi-mo-us-paid-vacation-20130528,0,5777579.story

U.S. is only 'advanced economy' that does not require paid vacation By Ricardo Lopez

May 28, 2013, 12:01 p.m

Study referenced in PDF format here:

http://www.cepr.net/documents/publications/no-vacation-update-2013-05.pdf

Figure 1 summarizes the legal right to paid vacation for 21 of the richest countries in the world (see also Table 1). Where applicable and separate from paid vacation, the figure also shows the total number of legally mandated paid holidays. From left to right, countries are ordered from most generous (France, 30 days) to the least generous (the United States, 0 days).

No-Vacation Nation Revisited
Rebecca Ray, Milla Sanes, and John Schmitt
May 2013
Center for Economic and Policy Research
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