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Re:The U.S. is risking an academic brain drain by Xylakant on Friday August 25, 2017 @04:02PM (#15101714)
In Europe 4 weeks of PTO is the minimum by law IIRC. I'm inclined to think the parent meant "2 continuous weeks" (I'd have to check but AFAIK at least in germany your employer has to grant that as well, either by law or by court interpretation of the law. Take this with a grain of salt, no legal advice, yadda yadda...)
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Re:The U.S. is risking an academic brain drain by jdietrich on Saturday August 26, 2017 @02:43AM (#15104371)
The legal minimum across the EU is four weeks of paid annual leave.

Source (article 7):

http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:...

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Re:The U.S. is risking an academic brain drain by alkonaut on Friday August 25, 2017 @05:10PM (#15102287)
It varies. Most importantly the "good countries" have 5-6 weeks plus all sick days, bank holidays etc.

That is, you get at least 5W in summer (typically).

The uk for exemple I think has 28days pto as a minimum, but as bank holidays count against those 28, it's hard to get a long holiday.

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