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Re:Living in Switzerland ruined me for America and its lousy... by masklinn on Saturday August 01, 2015 @04:44PM (#9988606)
> Vacation time is also the lowest (2 weeks) compared to Europe which on average has 4 weeks of vacation time.

The EU mandates a minimum of 4 weeks, so 4 weeks could hardly be the average.

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Re:Living in Switzerland ruined me for America and its lousy... by amag on Saturday August 01, 2015 @06:21PM (#9988922)
Yep, in Sweden the minimum is five weeks with a lot of companies offering six. That is not counting "other" days off, e.g. "squeeze days" (a day between a public holiday and a weekend) that a lot of companies have. All of it 100.8% payed for and completely guilt-free!
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Re:Living in Switzerland ruined me for America and its lousy... by tluyben2 on Sunday August 02, 2015 @01:20AM (#9989855)
I am not sure in which EU countries you get less? It is a question.
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Re:Living in Switzerland ruined me for America and its lousy... by masklinn on Sunday August 02, 2015 @04:51AM (#9990183)
> I am not sure in which EU countries you get less?

Normally none, as I said 4 weeks is the minimum mandated by the EU. The only way an EU country would have less is if it recently integrated the union and has yet to transcribe 2003/88/EC ("Working Time Directive") into local law.

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