Enjoying your leave?
Legal entitlement to leave varies enormously around the world. The USA does not have any legal minimum for paid leave – and even many professionals are only given a couple of weeks by their employer. In Canada and Japan, workers are guaranteed only 10 days of paid leave per year.
Here in the European Union, the Working Time Directive gives workers in all member states a minimum of 20 days paid leave. In practice, the variation is from 28 days (that’s us in the UK) to 39.5 in Denmark. You can see the entitlement in each country here.
Whatever your entitlement, I hope that you’re enjoying it.