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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I actually got slightly told off last year because I hadn't taken enough holiday off. I got made to take paid leave.
Considering that it's an EU law, if my company doesn't give me all the days off I'm entitled then they could get into legal trouble. I bet any company would want to avoid that.
They can just pay you your time back that is allowable as long as you agree. But they didn't want to do that.
No, they cannot -- you must take the legally mandated amount of leave.
(Any excess, over and above that minimum, can be paid.)
I was in that boat this year. I ended up taking every Friday off this summer just to reduce my PTO time so I wouldn't lose it.