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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 | 1 comments | 26 Aug 23 08:47 UTC | HN request time: 0.212s | source
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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. switch007 ◴[26 Aug 23 09:51 UTC] No.37271193[source]▶
> The European laws are not some random thing we made up because we are lazy.

In the case of the UK, much of the working hours, weekends, time off for bank holidays etc were hard-won agreements and rights from the Industrial Revolution era to the 20th century. The UK led the charge with many of these things too

I wish more people understood this. We had basically slave labour, workhouses, horrific factories etc