66% of Americans want European-style vacation policies, like being OOO for the entire month of August

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66% of Americans want European-style vacation policies, like being OOO for the entire month of August
cnbc.com

In many parts of Europe, it’s common for workers to take off weeks at a time, especially during the summer. Envious Americans say it’s time for the U.S. to follow suit.

Some 66% of U.S. workers say companies should adopt extended vacation policies, like a month off in August, in their workplaces, according to a Morning Consult survey of 1,047 U.S. adults.

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It's mind boggling that there's no minimum PTO law in the US

Not when you remember that capitalism is the state religion.

There's not a law because most professional jobs have PTO at level that would meet any mandatory minimum level.

So it would affect nothing for those jobs and be beneficial to others to have those minimums

What would you say the minimum would be?

In Denmark it's 5 weeks, a lot (most?) get 1 week extra, some get more days every year they stay at the same employer, and a few get more (common in banking sector).