{"id":2129,"date":"2013-04-23T12:51:54","date_gmt":"2013-04-23T16:51:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.une-sen.org\/press\/?p=2129"},"modified":"2013-04-23T12:51:54","modified_gmt":"2013-04-23T16:51:54","slug":"how-many-days-off-do-you-get","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/?p=2129","title":{"rendered":"How many days off do you get?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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How many days off do Canadians get? Turns out, we don\u2019t get many!<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s say you\u2019re entering a new job in the private sector; you get 10 days of annual leave and you have 5 national public holidays (ahem, that don\u2019t fall on a weekend!). Depending on your province or territory, maybe you get another holiday or two.<\/p>\n

According to a recent study by Hotels.com<\/a>, Canadians only get 15 days of paid leave. When it comes to time away from work, Canada ranks 29th<\/sup> among 30 other countries.<\/p>\n

Topping the list are Russia, Italy and Sweden, where workers get between 36 and 40 paid days off per year. Even our friends south of the border get 5 more paid days off than we do!<\/p>\n

For a look at the greener grass on the other side of the Atlantic, we turned to Heather Brooker, regional vice-president for the Outside Canada region.<\/p>\n

Brooker, who works in Moscow, said there\u2019s nothing unusual about the amount of paid days off Russians get, especially compared to other European countries.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey have a heck of a lot more stat holidays than we do here in Canada,\u201d said Brooker.<\/p>\n

For our members working in Canadian embassies abroad, national public holidays present a different problem.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur stat holidays are a combination of Canadian and Russian holidays,\u201d explained Brooker. \u201cSo we have to give up some Canadian holidays in order to embrace the Russians.\u201d<\/p>\n

Likewise, Russians working as local employees in the same embassy don\u2019t get as many holidays \u2013 and they\u2019re stuck with holidays (such as Canada Day!) that don\u2019t have any meaning to them.<\/p>\n

Given the lack of access to paid time off in Canada, there\u2019s a clear advantage to being unionized. According to the Canadian Labour Congress, most unionized workers start off with three weeks of paid vacation time. Four years later, 70% will benefit from four weeks off.<\/p>\n

And, in this day and age, that time away from work is becoming all the more precious.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that many of us aren\u2019t easily detached from our mobile tools, whether or not you\u2019re sitting at home,\u201d said Brooker. \u201cCan we really find anyone chilling out during a statutory holiday the way we were meant to 20 or 30 years ago?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

How many days off do Canadians get? Turns out, we don\u2019t get many! Let\u2019s say you\u2019re entering a new job in the private sector; you get 10 days of annual leave and you have 5 national public holidays (ahem, that don\u2019t fall on a weekend!). Depending on your province or territory, maybe you get another … <\/p>\n

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