Talk:List of minimum annual leave by country

=Cambodia=

Untitled
1.5 work days / month is 18 days / year, isn't it? Are the figures listed wrong, or am I missing something? -144.32.60.183 (talk) 11:27, 28 February 2017 (UTC)

=Wording of opening paragraph=

The opening paragraph says "Several companies will offer contractually more time, depending on the sector". This seems very limiting, with several meaning "a few but not many" and "depending on the sector" implying that there are sectors without companies that offer more time. There are of course many thousands of companies which offer more time. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:C7D:1968:AF00:CC1F:6DAA:95A8:F928 (talk) 23:02, 3 November 2020 (UTC)

=Statutory=

I am removing any additional references that are not related to the statutory minima. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.107.1.148 (talk • contribs) 07:20, April 20, 2008‎

=Visual graph= The graph does not match the table. In the table, many countries have higher numbers of paid holidays than 28 (Iran has 53, Kuwait 48 etc). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A00:23C5:2187:1000:5526:82B3:CE9C:EE91 (talk) 16:38, 2 March 2021 (UTC)

Perhaps it might pay for someone to make a graph is excel to visually represent the leave per country — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.57.253.34 (talk • contribs) 00:17, October 31, 2008‎

The graph is misleading. Groups are almost all in 5 day increments, except 21-22. It should be 21-25 and 26-30. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1700:ED91:C0:9D25:E512:B46E:9952 (talk) 17:54, 16 February 2020 (UTC)

Germany
4 weeks is definitly too low for Germany. 5-6 weeks is common. Plus several public holidays (9-13). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.176.102.213 (talk) 16:11, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

the numbers are wrong: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bundesurlaubsgesetz https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/burlg/__3.html at least 24 days Paranoid Android1208 (talk) 00:38, 3 June 2018 (UTC)


 * exactly, everyone I know in GErmany has 30 days of paid leave plus public holidays 185.76.230.249 (talk) 06:36, 19 October 2023 (UTC)

China
The paid public holidays in the 'Golden Weeks' are not entirely holidays. For at least two of the holidays the worker/employee has to work on a saturday before and after the golden week to make up for this. This is set by the government. This reduces the public holidays during the 'Golden Weeks' from 10 to 6... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.159.34.160 (talk) 10:37, 19 April 2019 (UTC)

Denmark
A quick googling reveals that 6 weeks seems to be the commonly quoted leave for Denmark. Article claims 25 days. Verify? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.47.80.25 (talk) 14:55, 17 January 2011 (UTC)


 * The statutory minimum is 5 weeks (25 days), many if not most people have a 6th week either in their individual contract or through a collective agreement. Tim R (talk) 08:12, 29 April 2015 (UTC)

6 weeks is the minimum in Germany
This article is wrong. German workers get a minimum of six week paid vacation, by law. Many workers get more than that (7 or 8 weeks). Source: http://www.toytowngermany.com/lofi/index.php/t74214.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.176.102.213 (talk • contribs) 16:11, May 13, 2009‎
 * An unsourced claim in an obscure forum is no "source". The claim is totally wrong and corrected even in the link you provide. 4 weeks is correct: . --Roentgenium111 (talk) 10:40, 23 December 2016 (UTC)

Ecuador
The reference for Ecuador ([11]) doesn't actually have any information about Ecuador in it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.96.111.55 (talk) 20:21, 15 September 2016 (UTC)

United States
Why is the USA included on this graph if the answer is none? Or are other countries not listed not included on the graph simply because the information is not available? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.169.167.47 (talk) 18:34, 7 June 2013 (UTC)

Regarding the change back to 0, 0, 0. This article is about the minimum mandatory annual leave by country, not the average leave, and not the leave that you specifically may have. As there is no mandatory minimum (as mentioned several times within this very article), this should remain 0, 0, 0. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A00:23A8:9CE:D701:399D:FDC4:5B5:3E40 (talk) 11:23, 28 November 2022 (UTC)

terminology
The terms "Work Days" and "Calendar Days" are tossed around, and are maybe not used consistently. For example, Uruguay says: "20 working days (from 0 to 5 years seniority), 21 calendar days (from 5 to 8). Afterwards, an additional working day is added every four years." Would be useful to clearly define these terms if they are different. (Or strike them if they are same.) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.0.67.65 (talk) 16:52, 9 January 2014 (UTC)

Changing India's section proposal
In India, we also have a list of holidays in addition to the 12. There are many festivals and the holidays change from one state to another. For example my company has 10 extra holidays, 8 are same all over nation and 2 are specific only to my state. I say this because for a few countries we are adding public holidays as well.

Need for Consistency

This is very inconsistent with different rules applied regarding national/regional holidays. It might be better to list the national statutory annual holiday and then add in the number of national/regional holidays and typical attitude to regional holidays i.e. paid or unpaid. The statutory minimum in England is 20 days, most national holidays are paid by most employers but this is not included in the statute — Preceding unsigned comment added by Georgedundon (talk • contribs) 10:38, 19 June 2015 (UTC)

United Kingdom - Rectifying the entry to tally with Ireland
The UK entry is wrong. It should be 20 in the first column, 8 in the second column. The current total of 28 is correct. In other words the same way that Ireland's is treated.

Unless I hear any objections in the next 2 weeks, I will change it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:2002:2F8:A2BE:7487:F209:11BB:C294 (talk) 10:40, 6 May 2017 (UTC)

Five-day workweek
I suggest that we replace the description of these benefits applying to a five-day workweek, as a six-day workweek is still standard in some countries today.-- RM ( Be my friend ) 15:48, 17 May 2017 (UTC)

Canada
The article says that paid vacation is 14 days in first column, but should be 10 days since it is 2 working weeks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.244.61.150 (talk) 20:49, 19 May 2017 (UTC)

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russia
it's 28 days paid mandatory by law --80.251.112.197 (talk) 16:02, 1 August 2017 (UTC)

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European Union requires 28 days
It is very important to see that the EU minimum is 28 days - that is "four weeks" in the directive and a "week" means seven days. This is not open to debate: "weekly" is defined as a "seven-day period" in article 6. I've changed this accordingly.  Wik idea  12:59, 28 November 2018 (UTC)
 * That analysis is incorrect. Article 6 is about the maximum working time in a 7-day period, not the definition of a week for the purposes of article 7.  Article 7 is about paid annual leave and is expressed in weeks.  In practice this means an employee contracted to work for 5 days per week will be entitled to a minimum of 20 days paid annual leave, 6 days per week would lead to an entitlement of 24 days paid annual leave.  You would only be entitled to 28 days paid annual leave if you were contracted to work a 7 day week, which is prohibited under article 5 ("...per each seven-day period, every worker is entitled to a minimum uninterrupted rest period of 24 hours plus the 11 hours' daily rest...").  185.41.233.36 (talk) 22:25, 10 March 2020 (UTC)

UK Holidays
The data provided provided for the UK is confusing at best. While the reference (https://www.gov.uk/holiday-entitlement-rights) does say that we are entitled to 5.6 weeks and this can include bank holidays, the way this is then translated into the numeric columns is, I believe, incorrect to suggest that we are entitled to a total of 36 days leave.

The reference says: "Almost all workers are legally entitled to 5.6 weeks’ paid holiday a year" and "Bank or public holidays do not have to be given as paid leave. An employer can choose to include bank holidays as part of a worker’s statutory annual leave."

The legal minimum for fulltime workers is 20 days plus public holidays. This is in line with the EU (source: https://fullfact.org/europe/eu-and-paid-holidays/). In practice, this makes a minimum of 28 days in the UK, whether or not the employer chooses to include public holidays as part of the statutory annual leave.

I have therefore modified the table. 185.41.233.36 (talk) 22:08, 10 March 2020 (UTC)

Inconsistency between columns
In the "Methodology" section, it is clearly explained that "Paid vacation" column refers to a 5-day week, while "Paid public holidays" "are strictly bound to the calendar dates". However, in the "Countries" section I find this fact confusing (honestly, most of the people come here and look at the table directly without looking at other sections). I think either Otherwise, it's very confusing in order to compare countries. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 139.47.112.72 (talk) 08:11, 13 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Public holidays should be also weighted to a 5-day week or
 * The public holidays column should show somehow (different colours?) which countries shift holidays and which not.

NZ future new public holiday
Just making note that in 2022 it is likely NZ will have an additional public holiday.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/300101386/election-2020-labour-would-make-matariki-a-public-holiday-from-2022

Kauri0.o (talk) 22:33, 16 December 2020 (UTC)

Russia
Why Is Russia coloured differently in the map? It has 28 days minimum without accounting for holidays. It should be the darkest colour of blue. F.Alexsandr (talk) 18:13, 8 March 2021 (UTC)