In , the unemployment rate in Italy was Workers in Belgium get 20 vacation days and 10 public holidays per year.
However, they cannot use vacation time until they have worked for their employer for at least one year. A day off is guaranteed for each of the 10 public holidays, and if workers are needed for one of those holidays, they must be given another day off within the week. However, growth in Belgium has stalled, and GDP shrank by 0. France has just one public holiday for which workers are guaranteed a paid day off every year — International Workers Day on May 1.
However, France also allows its workers to take off 30 days a year. These vacation days begin to accrue as soon as an employee is hired.
Despite these policies, the country has shown it is willing to ask workers to sacrifice for the nation's economic well-being. Recently, France passed labor reforms that make it easier for businesses to cut jobs while also boosting benefits for contracted workers. Still, the IMF has stated France's reforms do not go far enough, and that the nation will have to continue enacting more labor reforms as well as cut both taxes and government spending.
In addition to 12 national holidays, workers in Spain receive, at a minimum, 22 vacation days per year. And through collective bargaining, this figure may be even higher in some workplaces. However, while employers in Spain are required by law to give employees a total of over one month off a year, a large portion of Spanish workers cannot even find jobs.
As part of its broader reforms enacted in to close its deficit, Spain capped severance pay to reduce firing costs and passed new rules that would limit collective bargaining for wages. Some advocates have pushed for further reform, with the Bank of Spain advocating for the temporary elimination of the country's minimum wage.
Germany has just one national public holiday for which all workers receive a day off, German Unity Day, celebrated on October 3. In addition, there are between nine to 13 paid holidays, in addition to the 24 paid vacation days.
Unlike many other eurozone nations, Germany has fairly low unemployment, with just 5. Different explanations have been put forward to explain the "German jobs miracle," including a lack of raises, more skilled labor force, reforms that made Germany's employment agency more productive and the popularization of "minijobs" — which give workers a euro paycheck for up to 15 hours a week in work.
Portugal requires that every worker receives 22 vacation days each year. Typically, employees are required to give workers a day off on these holidays, or to be compensated with either another day off or double their daily wage. However, starting this year, Portugal will suspend four of it holidays for five years as part of the nation's greater economic austerity movement.
In , the nation's economy shrank by 3. Between and , Portugal's debt skyrocketed from Austrians effectively receive 22 working days of paid vacation a year, according to CEPR. But numerous conditions exist that can make this number even higher.
Workers with 25 years of work experience, or those who work strenuous jobs during nighttime hours, are entitled to additional time off. Austria also has 13 paid holidays, and employees who do work on these days must be compensated with time off or twice their daily wage. At just 4. Possibly helping to keep unemployment so low, Austria has a long-standing apprenticeship program that helps find employment for much of the country's youngest workers, although the popularity of the program has faded in recent decades.
Facebook Twitter Email. On holiday: Countries with the most vacation days. We're making a couple of short trips , but otherwise staying in our home in Switzerland which, admittedly, is a prime vacation spot in and of itself.
And it's impossible to get anything done. My lawyer has been on vacation for the past three weeks and will be back next week. I have some things I need her to look at, and they have to wait. While this affects my day-to-day life because I'm physically here, it can also affect your business, even if you're based in the United States.
When someone says, "The Geneva office is closed for three weeks," they aren't joking, and no one around here even bats an eyelash. So, how do you do the international part of your business when everyone else is at the beach? Here are some ideas:. This is going to happen every year.
Some countries are worse than others, with everyone going at the same time. One of the problems is that European schoolchildren tend to have shorter summer vacations--six weeks is common--compared with the 10 to 12 weeks American schoolchildren get. Don't cry for the poor, suffering schoolchildren here--they get an additional eight weeks throughout the school year.
But those six weeks are going to vary from country to country. German and British schools tend to get out at the end of July, while Swiss schools close the last week in June. So, you'll have better luck with your London office in July than you will with your Swiss office. Go ahead and ask when peak vacation season is and plan accordingly. While small businesses can be excellent partners, if you will need people year-round, without fail, a large company will be a better bet than a small one.
The multinational corporation isn't going to shut down its Paris office for the summer, but the small business might close its doors for the entire month of August. Ask when you are building relationships. They won't think to bring it up, because it's often a normal part of doing business here.
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