Do You Live In No Vacation Nation?
October 6, 2008 by Cherie Burbach
Filed under Parenting
Do you take your full vacation? Or perhaps a better question is, do you get vacation time?
According to an initiative called “Time Back Your Time” vacation time for the United States isn’t a sure thing. More than that, a small percentage of people (14%) “will get a vacation of two weeks or longer this year.” The remainer of people either get less than two weeks or have no time off at all. Worse than that, some people don’t use their vacation for fear that they will be demoted or laid off.
I know a few people who would fit into this category, and it’s just crazy. If we don’t have time away from work, how will we ever truly unwind and get some balance?
Take Back Your Time is spear-heading a campaign to pass The Minimum Leave Protection, Family Bonding and Personal Well-Being Act of 2007. This act would establish a minimum three weeks vacation for any American that’s been at a job for a year, even if you change jobs.
Other countries have a national paid leave time, but somehow I can’t see this happening with the United States.
Do you think we should create a law that protects vacation time?
