Summer is coming and with it the holidays. A period that in many sectors is usually recommended by staff turnover or in which there are companies that make the decision to close together. However, the recurring debate often arises as to whether Spain has more holidays than other countries, especially with August looming on the calendar, a month that has historically been less active.
In Spain, although each contract or collective agreement includes the specifications, in the Workers’ Statute it is generally stated that “in no case will the duration be less than thirty calendar days”. That is, about 22 business days.
But before comparing holidays between countries we must add some clarification. For those days in which employers or the administration continue to pay their employees holidays than he. In turn, national holidays such as Christmas or New Year’s Day are added to them.
This interactive map of -which also heads this article- distributes by color from red -the least- to dark green -the most- the countries that have more regulated paid vacation days. As can be seen, Europe leads the ranking of countries with the most vacations, while North America and China tend to be the least. The data comes from the OECD statistics database.
Countries with more than 30 days of vacation
In Peru, Nicaragua and Brazil, workers are entitled to 30 days of paid vacation. In addition, they have 12, 9 and 8 paid national and religious holidays, respectively.
In Algeria, workers can enjoy a total that cannot exceed 30 days, plus 11 holidays.
France also has an average of 30 days of paid vacation plus a single 1 public holiday, which places it at the head of Europe.
More than 20 days: the group from Spain and almost all of Europe and Russia
In Russia, a worker is entitled to 28 calendar days of paid vacation, plus 8 paid holidays after six months of work.
In the United Kingdom, the norm is also 28 days, but it does not impose that there be paid holidays by the employer.
Many EU countries have set their own minimums. And here Spain appears with 22 days of paid vacation plus 14 between national, regional and local holidays, Austria has the same base number plus 13, Finland starts with 25 plus 11 national ones, the same as Sweden, Norway has one less, and one except Denmark.
Continuing in Europe, thanks to the European Union (EU) directive that calls for a minimum of 4 weeks or 20 working days, many EU countries share this rule: Germany has 20 at the state level and 13 that mark their landers , Greece 20+11, Italy 20 plus 10 nationals, and the Netherlands 29 in total.
On the oceanic continent, both New Zealand and Australia also have 20 days of paid vacation with 11 and 8 extra days of national holidays.
Countries with more than 10 and other gradual formulas
In Argentina, a worker can have 14 calendar days of guaranteed vacation. In addition, the government mandates 11 national holidays. And to this are added degrees according to seniority. Vacations are extended to 21 days for a worker for a service of between 5 and 10 years. It goes to 28 days of paid vacation for 10 to 20 years of service.
In Japan, companies are required to provide at least 10 days of paid vacation to their workers, in addition to 15 paid national holidays.
In Canada, according to the government website, workers are entitled to a minimum of 2 weeks paid vacation. This applies after one year of employment. Canadians also have 9 national holidays that are extended after 5 consecutive years with the same employer, up to 3 weeks of vacation. After 10 years, the figure is extended to 4 weeks.
In Mexico, according to its regulation, employees can have 6 working days paid vacation after one year of work. They can then earn additional paid vacation days for each subsequent year of employment. In addition to 7 national holidays.
The cases of the United States and China
In China, between 1 and 10 years of accumulated seniority, a worker is entitled to 5 working days of paid vacation, in addition to 11 national holidays. Between 10 and 20 years of service, employees can have 10 days. After more than 20 years of work, they are entitled to vacations for 15 days.
In the United States, however, a paid vacation period is not contemplated. It is the only OECD country that does not have a minimum paid annual leave established at the federal level. But that does not mean that they do not exist, but that each company agrees on them independently. In general, other statistics show that in the country of stars and stripes the average is 15 days of paid vacation plus additional holidays.
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