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66% of Americans say they want extended European-style vacation policies at work

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137 points pg_1234 | 9 comments | 26 Aug 23 08:47 UTC | HN request time: 0.667s | source | bottom
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kramerger ◴[26 Aug 23 09:39 UTC] No.37271127[source]▶
It has been shown that you need around 14 days of interrupted rest to recover from stress etc.

The European laws are not some random thing we made up because we are lazy. It is to ensure workers are well rested and ready for a new working year. Hence in long term it will also benefit employers.

Some personal anecdata: I notice an immediate difference when I come back after a long vacation. The first 2-3 months I work at top efficiency, get probably done twice as much as I would do any other month.

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1. ghosty141 ◴[26 Aug 23 09:50 UTC] No.37271184[source]▶
In Germany it is actually mandated by law that you take two consecutive weeks of vacation in a year!
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2. osclarto ◴[26 Aug 23 09:55 UTC] No.37271208[source]▶
I've lived in Germany the last few years, I never heard of this, not saying it's not true but it's defo not enforced
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3. morelisp ◴[26 Aug 23 09:57 UTC] No.37271234[source]▶
I think you have this backwards, it was explained to me that the employer cannot refuse a consecutive vacation of up to 2 weeks, not that the employee has an obligation to take it as such.
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4. tommek4077 ◴[26 Aug 23 10:02 UTC] No.37271272[source]▶
No, the employee is also required to do that by law.
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5. tommek4077 ◴[26 Aug 23 10:03 UTC] No.37271287[source]▶
It totally depends on the company. But if pull something like burnout, you should be careful to cover your story why you were not able to relax properly.
6. morelisp ◴[26 Aug 23 10:05 UTC] No.37271302{3}[source]▶
Got some further info? I can only find reports that this is common misinterpretation.

https://www.rechtsindex.de/arbeitsrecht/490-jahresurlaub-mus...

7. ramblerman ◴[26 Aug 23 10:11 UTC] No.37271339[source]▶
Never heard that before.

I know this to be true in Switzerland, and only in banking. Where it has to do with detecting fraud in your absence.

8. stop50 ◴[26 Aug 23 10:18 UTC] No.37271393{3}[source]▶
The only case i encountered a rule like this was at a bank that is a customer of my employer. full-time employees must take 2 weeks of consecutive vacation and they are not permitted to access the systems in that time(for this period logins are disabled). But thats an company policy, that was introduced after an scandal.
9. hadrien01 ◴[26 Aug 23 10:21 UTC] No.37271416[source]▶
Sort of the same in France, or at least the employer is largely pushed to do so. If you don't take 12 consecutive days of vacations between May and October (among other conditions), you get 2 extra days of vacations, for free. It's called 'jours de fractionnement'