In the US, vacation policy is decided by the company, not the state. It's also up for negotiation and is increased as an incentive for longevity with the company.
Excerpts from http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2011/pf/jobs/1105/gallery.best_vacation_policies.fortune/index.html Employees at Google get 15 vacation days during their first year at the company, 20 days off after four years, and 25 days after six years. Googlers also get all of the sick days they need and 12 paid holidays. The best thing about Intuit's vacation policy is its flexibility. Full-time employees at the software company qualify for up to five weeks of vacation time, depending on the length of their tenure. (They can also roll over up to two year's worth of earned vacation) St. Jude Hospital - The company also offers 15 days off per year for employees who have been working for the company for less than 10 years and 20 days off for people who have been at the company for 10 years or longer. They also have a vacation bank that employees can use in case of emergencies. Intel's best perk comes in multiples of seven. For every seven years Intel employees work at the company, they are rewarded with a two-month sabbatical. Intel's employees who go on sabbatical can take the time off and have some peace of mind because their paychecks keep coming and their standard benefits package stays intact. Those who qualify for the sabbatical are still entitled to their allotment of regular paid vacation time, which is four weeks per year after an employee has spent ten years at the company. Intel employees who have worked at the company between one and nine years receive three weeks of vacation. About a year ago, software company HubSpot stopped tracking its employees' vacation days or sick days. Other big-name companies that have implemented similar policies include IBM, Best Buy and Netflix. "We're still really happy with the policy," Volpe says. "It is working great. There is less administrative overhead, employees are free to take the time they need, and it is a great tool for recruiting new employees." Morningstar has not tracked employees' vacation time since the company was founded 27 years ago. The flexible policy places the onus on employees to prioritize their time to get their work done how they see fit. A Morningstar representative says that employees generally end up taking around two to three weeks of vacation every year, but some staffers have been known to take up to six weeks of vacation per year if they can work efficiently the rest of the time. EOG Employees receive between three to five weeks of vacation, an allotment based on a combination of the employee's years in the industry and tenure at the company. Like Google, SAS is known for its impressive employee perks. The software company offers unlimited sick leave for employees and family members. And all employees are eligible for three weeks of vacation and one week between Christmas and New Years when the company's offices are closed. Employees who have been at SAS for 10 years qualify for an extra week off, coming to a total of five weeks of annual vacation time. Until Later! C. Hatton Humphrey http://www.eastcoastconservative.com Every cloud does have a silver lining. Sometimes you just have to do some smelting to find it. On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 9:20 AM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]>wrote: > > Top 20 Countries With the Most Paid Vacation Time > > http://cheezburger.com/80901 > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:363906 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
