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- The Price of Paid Vacation http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/2010/09/the-price-of-paid-vacation/ 13 comments
- Baltimore Police Can No Longer Earn Overtime on Paid Vacations https://www.governing.com/now/baltimore-police-can-no-longer-earn-overtime-on-paid-vacations 15 comments nottheonion
- Motion to vacate a paid in full judgement - Ohio https://www.reddit.com/r/personalfinance/comments/4wb2y6/motion_to_vacate_a_paid_in_full_judgement_ohio/ 4 comments personalfinance
- Interesting Note: SpaceX Paid Vacation Week https://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/comments/4reb1r/interesting_note_spacex_paid_vacation_week/ 141 comments spacex
- America is the only rich country that doesn’t guarantee paid vacation or holidays http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/05/27/america-is-the-only-rich-country-that-doesnt-guarantee-paid-vacation-or-holidays/?hpid=z2 121 comments politics
- America is the only rich country that doesn’t guarantee paid vacation or holidays http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/05/27/america-is-the-only-rich-country-that-doesnt-guarantee-paid-vacation-or-holidays/ 951 comments politics
- The US is the only industrialized country in the world that does not guarantee its workers any paid vacation http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2013/05/24/vacations-canada-3rd-last.html?cmp=rss 452 comments politics
- Nearly one in four Americans (23%) has no paid vacation days. http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/05/23/usa-vacation-holidays/2327043/ 55 comments economy
- Too many paid vacation days go unused. Do yours? http://happygolegal.com/2012/02/vacation-deprivation-dont-forfeit-your-days-off/#.T0ArqKSH0qA.reddit 4 comments law
- Switzerland to vote on giving all of its citizen 6 weeks of paid vacation a year. http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/specials/march_11_vote/benefits_of_extra_holiday_debated_ahead_of_vote_.html?cid=31976010 2032 comments worldnews
- Would more holidays be good for America? An international comparison of paid holiday and vacation days. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-11139960 3 comments politics
- How to Take a LONG Paid Vacation (and your Boss Won't Mind)! http://www.thisisby.us/index.php/content/how_to_take_a_long_paid_vacation_and_your_boss_wont_mind 2 comments reddit.com
- Do McDonald's Workers in Denmark Make $22 an Hour? — McDonald's workers in Denmark make $22 an hour and have six weeks of paid vacation. [Mostly true] https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mcdonalds-workers-denmark/ 530 comments economy
- Do people use all of their paid vacation? https://www.reddit.com/r/germany/comments/7gyf9k/do_people_use_all_of_their_paid_vacation/ 28 comments germany
- Congressman: Syrian Refugees Are Just Looking For A ‘Paid Vacation’ http://thinkprogress.org/world/2015/11/21/3724723/mo-brooks-syrian-refugees-vacation/ 4 comments politics
- Sanders pushes to give Americans a paid vacation http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/244780-sanders-pushes-for-paid-vacation-days 335 comments politics
- High Salary and plenty of holiday: Germany is leading in work-life balance with 39 median days paid vacation https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=de&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=de&ie=utf-8&u=https%3A%2F%2Fde.nachrichten.yahoo.com%2Fhohes-gehalt-und-viel-urlaub-deutsche-sind-f-054544606.html&edit-text=&act=url 130 comments worldnews
- U.S. is only 'advanced economy' that does not require paid vacation http://www.latimes.com/business/money/la-fi-mo-us-paid-vacation-20130528,0,5777579.story 19 comments politics
- CBS Touts Grayson’s Push for Legally Mandated Paid Vacation, Looks to Europe for Guidance http://newsbusters.org/blogs/brad-wilmouth/2010/05/30/cbs-touts-grayson-s-push-legally-mandated-paid-vacation-looks-europe- 15 comments politics
- Sallie Mae treats employees to an all expenses paid vacation to Hawaii to celebrate $5 billion in student loans given out. https://www.newsweek.com/sallie-mae-executives-celebrate-hawaii-americans-are-crippled-student-loan-debt-1466100 3 comments nottheonion
- Ohio election official caught hiding the source of congressional campaign donations. Punishment? Loss of two weeks paid vacation. https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/politics/2018/10/10/penalty-blacking-out-memo-lines-aftab-purevals-campaign-checks-loss-two-weeks-vacation/1578762002/ 14 comments politics
- United States lags Europe on paid vacation time http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/united-states-lags-europe-on-paid-vacation-time/2013/05/27/5cc98964-c4b1-11e2-914f-a7aba60512a7_story.html 6 comments moderatepolitics
- Donor gave McDonnell and family a lake-house vacation. "Virginia Gov. Robert F. McDonnell took a lake-house vacation in 2011 courtesy of the same major campaign donor who paid for the food at the wedding of the governor’s daughter that summer." http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/va-politics/donor-gave-mcdonnell-and-family-a-lake-house-vacation/2013/04/18/7573321c-a76f-11e2-8302-3c7e0ea97057_story.html?tid=socialss 96 comments politics
- Police get paid vacations and overtime for gangland-style beating of honors student. http://www.copblock.org/4656/police-get-paid-vacations-and-overtime-for-gangland-style-beating-of-honors-student/ 5 comments reddit.com
- Government Thug Commits Terror Attack and Is “Punished” With Paid Vacation. http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/82021.html 4 comments politics
- One year paid vacation (parental leave) starts tomorrow!!! Me loves Germany. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parental_leave 7 comments politics
- Paid Vacation to Be Required for Private Sector Workers, Mayor Says https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/09/nyregion/bill-de-blasio-paid-vacation-nyc.html 24 comments politics
- US the only developed country in the world that doesn't require companies to give their workers time off. In Germany, workers are guaranteed a month; in UK, they're guaranteed more than five weeks of paid vacation. In the US there is no such guarantee http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/07/the-only-advanced-country-without-a-national-vacation-policy-its-the-us/259317/ 197 comments worldnews
- 'Dont want to be burden': Due to financial distress, LSR student in Hyderabad ends life. | Aishwarya was not paid her government scholarship since March and later was asked to vacate her hostel at Lady Shri Ram College for Women in Delhi. https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/dont-want-burden-denied-scholarship-months-lsr-student-hyd-ends-life-137212 16 comments india
- GOP Rep. Mo Brooks: Stop giving Syrian refugees ‘paid vacation’ in US http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/gop-rep-mo-brooks-stop-giving-syrian-refugees-paid-vacation-us 6 comments politics
- Shoot and kill unarmed citizens, get paid vacation with no repercussions. Make videos shooting guns and ranting will get you fired. Pa. police chief could learn his fate Friday night. http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/5784a4464e704314b6428caa91296a68/us--police-chief-video-controversy 3 comments politics
- Japanese man is outraged after he paid $1200 for a pasta dinner with his fiancee in Rome. When he complained to police he was offered an all-expense paid vacation to Rome but declined because it would be a waste of their taxpayer's money http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/08/03/2644110.htm?site=news 56 comments reddit.com
- What's with Americans and vacations? "Most American workers do get paid vacations from their bosses, but only twelve days on average, much less than the state-guaranteed European minimum. And even when they get vacation time, Americans often don’t use it." http://www.readthespirit.com/ourvalues/hedonism-america-need-a-vacation.html 28 comments business
- Only a cop could run over someone sleeping in a park and get a paid vacation. A mere mundane would have been charged with a serious crime and face jail time. http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2010/08/10/cincinnati-police-cruiser-fatal-runover-accident-ruling.html 19 comments reddit.com
- Two paid sick days are too much. That was the message Tuesday from Premier Doug Ford, who is poised to dismantle the previous Liberal government’s labour reforms that increased sick day benefits and paid vacation, and were set to raise the minimum wage from $14 an hour to $15 on Jan. 1. https://www.thestar.com/politics/provincial/2018/10/02/ford-vows-ontario-government-will-get-rid-of-liberal-labour-reforms.html 608 comments worldnews
- It’s Time to Support Real Family Values: "It is time to join the rest of the industrialized world & live up to our ideals by ensuring that every worker in this country has access to paid family leave, paid sick time & paid vacations – just like they do in every other wealthy country on the planet." https://berniesanders.com/news/time-to-support-real-family-values/ 54 comments politics
- "[T]he United States is the only nation among advanced economies that does not provide a legal guarantee of paid leave...Even in Japan, where thousands commit suicide every year because of work-related stress, all employees are guaranteed 10 paid vacation days." http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/01/worlds-most-paid-vacation-days_n_3697394.html 135 comments politics
- Furloughed U.S. government employees will receive back pay when the shutdown is over, essentially making the shut down a paid vacation for them. Tax payers are not really saving any money, it's just now they are not getting anything for their money. http://nypost.com/2013/10/05/government-workers-will-be-paid-during-shutdown/ 69 comments politics
- If Clarence Thomas were able to speak, he might say something like, "Oh, you mean I shouldn't have taken an all-expenses-paid vacation from the conglomerate who most benefitted from my Citizens United ruling?" http://www.salon.com/news/politics/war_room/2011/02/20/adler_supreme_court/index.html 3 comments reddit.com
- Utah Storm, I mean State Trooper beats 59 year old woman and gets a paid vacation. "I did this to distract and stun her and to stop her from trying to drive off and strike our vehicles or possibly run us over. " Even though the car was pinned and he was at the side http://www.cnn.com/2011/crime/01/23/utah.trooper.punches/index.html?eref=rss_topstories&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed%3A+rss%2Fcnn_topstories+%28rss%3A+top+stories%29 8 comments reddit.com