Give Me a Break: The Extent of Paid Holidays and Vacation

September 22, 2002

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September 2002, Helene Jorgensen

This report compares paid holidays and leave in the U.S. to the rest of the world and finds that American workers have fewer days off on average than workers in other industrialized countries.

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