Japanese Only Take Average 8 Days Of Annual Leave
According to a recent survey by Expedia, an Internet-based US travel agency, Japanese workers take the least paid vacation among several countries in the world.
According to the questionnaire conducted in Japan as well as in eight countries in Europe and North America, the Japanese only took an annual average of eight paid holidays — smaller than any other country questioned. France topped the list with 34 days, followed by Italy and Spain with 27 paid days off annually.
Among the reasons why Japanese employees can’t take paid holidays were:
“Too busy with work” and “Their bosses and colleagues have yet to take their paid leave”
The survey was conducted online among men and women aged 16 and over from March to August this year, and about 4,000 people responded.
Source: Mainichi Japan
So for those of you that are working already, how many days of paid leave are you entitled to in a year?
As for me, I’ve have 18 days of annual leave. ^_^
I get 14 days :<
2 days, thats my leave for last year, out of 14 days of alloted annual leave. Dunno, but I feel fine with it, it’s not like I’m in hard labor, I’m just an IT worker, sitting in front of my pc all day long. ^^;
This is an outrage! They shouldn’t have to worry about work that much. On a plus side, awsome picture
According to Labor Laws in my country, We take 1 month per year….and yet, most of all where I live wants MORE!!!….
@ Ashleigh: 14 seems like the norm
@ KYPMbangi: Wow really hardworking. But do the used leave get “rolled over” to the following year?
@ KiTT: If I was prime minister, I would declare 2 months leave.
@ Toonleap: Wow! 1 month, thats awesome.