Vacation time provides equality for all workers in every industry, in having the chance to benefit from time off with their family. It increases quality of life and contributes to our growing economy.
The work-life balance and improved productivity of employees who are offered vacation time can have significant long-term benefits for employers who value their workers by offering vacation and other benefits.
Check out this piece from Huffington Post on paid vacation:
In a 2013 analysis by the Center for Economic and Policy Research looking at the U.S. and 16 European nations, America was the only country without some form of a vacation mandate on its books. European countries tend to guarantee workers four weeks’ worth of vacation per year, and some countries offer as much as five or six. Canada mandates at least two weeks.
Most U.S. employers voluntarily offer paid vacation time to their workers, but many still opt not to. That’s particularly the case in lower-wage industries like food service and retail, where workers are also less likely to receive paid sick leave. The same analysis by CEPR estimated that 23 percent of U.S. workers don’t get any paid vacation.