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| Yes | 73% | 316 votes | Total: 431 votes | |
| No | 27% | 115 votes |
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With reservations and qualifications, I would say "yes, US workers should be guaranteed more vacation time". The qualifications include, "if they want it; if they need it; and...read more
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by AnnMarie
Everyone I think would like to be guaranteed more vacation time, but we all know that this is just a pipe dream. We see it everyday how companies are all tightening their belts ...read more
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by Wendy Hepton
Reading through these articles, I am truly stunned at the little time you get off. I'm stunned full stop at the way your whole working situation is. Is it posible that a count...read more
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by Joseph Malek
Dear Reader, how would you like a one month vacation after your first year of employment? Well, if you lived and worked in Europe that is exactly what you would get. As a matter...read more
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Most US workers receive between 5 and 10 paid vacation days a year. These days do not include sick leave or paid holidays. Most US workers do not take their vacation days for ...read more
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USA Employees should be given more time off than the current standards. These standards vary all over the map and can hardly be called vacation standards. We are so far out of ...read more
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There was a time in our people's history when non-stop labor was thought to be the standard amongst most people. But since then, we have evolved physically (and let that go to w...read more
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by Rose Conrad
As a European, I must admit I can never get my head around the ridiculously pecuniary leave entitlements that friends of mine who live in the States are given. For a so-called "...read more
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Because I am from Australia I can't really form an opinion on American employment laws. But I can compare our Australian Laws. As an employer of a small business, all my full ti...read more
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Does the word stress ring any bells? Arguably, stress as we know it is a relatively new phenomena in our country. Think about it for just a moment...in our grandparents day, na...read more
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by Linda Lowe
Yes I think it is a good idea for employers to provide vacations for their employees. It is a good thing for incentive. The employee works all year diligently for the employer...read more
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by RWHarmer
Every generation is different. It is hard pressed to say that the current work force doesn't want the time off, because they do. They also want flexibility and to be shown respe...read more
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by Jared Novak
For a Free Country, America sucks. America is a place where you just try to get better than everyone else, and then you dictate the other guys. The big problem, is that the othe...read more
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by Todd Pheifer
Put simply, we are overworked as a nation. Compared to other industrialized nations of the world, we rank far behind in vacation time. For some, this is a good thing because i...read more
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I am an American, but live with a European attitude. I learned how to live life, while working in Spain. I learned how to relax and not worrying about lurking at the screen past...read more
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by Jared Novak
U.S. workers should get more vacation time because they are having less and less time to spend with their families. Workers working the second shift should get even more vacatio...read more
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US workers should absolutely be given more vacation time. Other governments around the world mandate their workers have many more days off, and have these nations been found to...read more
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As of now, U.S employers are not required by law to provide vacation time to their workers. Theoretically, any employer can ask a prospective employee to work without cessation...read more
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by J.R. Anthony
The burning question is: Guaranteed by whom? Are we to suggest that the United States government should step in and require the country's employees to dole out more days off?...read more
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by Donald Moore
What a great time and place to be alive! For most of human history - and in most places around the world today - 2 or 3 weeks of not working meant you were probably too ill or i...read more
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by Eric Thomas
The sad part of this cold hard world is no one should be guaranteed anything. We live in a Capitalist society. It is entirely up to us as to where our lives take us. If you take...read more
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Should US workers be guaranteed more vacation time? Guaranteed by whom? The obvious implication here is that it will be guaranteed and enforced by government. Offices will ...read more
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Most coporations in the United States offer very attractive benefit packages, which include paid vacations. Most, if not all have a graduated scale in which an employee earns a...read more
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To presume that all workers must have equal and mandated "time off" is to assume that all occupations and all business entities are equal. It is ludicrous to make such an assump...read more
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Workers should not be guaranteed more time off, but more other benefits. Workers would benefit if everyone was given better medical insurance plans. Workers would have more mone...read more
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Every day I see news articles about how the Federal Government is "getting into everyone's business" and is potentially taking away everyone's freedoms. Well, isn't this more of...read more
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Vacation time will not help the us workers they need a new and strong wage to cover the cost of living rise in our nation over the last twenty years. Workers in average jobs can...read more
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by Gregory Mayo
Let me start by saying I would love to have more paid time off from work. But, being as I am self-employed, that's not likely. The fact is our country has gone too far down the ...read more
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by RubyUnicorn
A huge resounding NO! I am truly disgusted and horrified by the questions and assumptions for the "New American Way". On the "yes" side of this question, I have seen people us...read more
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by Toryn Blade
The biggest reason why I feel that Corporation and or small business should not be required to give vacation time is this. We are a democracy not a socialist state. It is the Go...read more
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The American workforce should not be allowed more vacation time. At General Mills, the employees are required every day of the week with a week of vacation after the first year....read more
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