Hard to believe I'm the first American responding to this thread... My employer pays for 10 holidays annually (includes 2 "floating" holidays) -- this is more than average. Previous employers generally recognized and paid for 6-8 holidays. If the holiday occurs on a weekend, it moves to Fri or Mon, again this is not done everywhere.
We accrue paid time off on a monthly basis and the amount of time off depends on your years of service with the company. Additionally we can roll earned but unused days over to the next year which is a practice that is being phased out in the US. Again, these numbers are specific to my current employer, some will offer more but most will offer less. 0-2 yrs of service: 10 days per year @ 0.833 per month and max 15 days balance 3-4 yrs: 15 days @ 1.25 per mo and max 20 days balance 5+ yrs: 20 days @ 1.66 per mo and max 25 days On top of this, we accrue 0.66 days of paid sick leave per month for a total of 8 paid sick days annually. This does not roll over. Most US companies will offer 5 days paid sick leave or combine sick leave and vacation time. Since I've been with the company for 6 years, that means I earn: 10 holidays 20 days pto 8 sick days = 38 total paid days off per year, which is pretty substantial, nearly 8 weeks Someone else mentioned paternity leave... In the US, the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) requires employers to provide up to 12 weeks of unpaid time off for maternity and paternity leave etc. Some employers will pay for some or all of that time off, but most will not. Mine will allow us to use accrued paid time off if we would like. I took a couple weeks when my son was born earlier this year and called it sick days, since I am rarely sick and I can't roll them over. My wife is a doctor and she gets even more time off than I do (if you add the holidays, its ~11 wks) which causes a minor rift when she has time off and I don't. ;-) She also got paid for 4 wks off (maternity) and took another 2 weeks (vacation) when our son was born. Wayne On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 7:33 AM, Dan Haywood <dkhayw...@gmail.com> wrote: > In the UK we also get 8 bank/public holidays off per year. If one of > those holidays falls on a weekend, we get the following monday off. > > In France, as I understand, if a public holiday falls on a weekend, > then tough... no holiday. > > Not that I'm defending the French (or anyone else) of course... cf > "Yes Minister" UK sitcom, eg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIXH3-A8zMI > . > > Dan > > > On Sep 2, 3:14 am, "Vince O'Sullivan" <vjosulli...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I'm currently on leave from work, in Mauritius with my family for ten >> days watching my daughters master wind and kite surfing. Meanwhile, >> my addiction to computers and Java forums is driving my wife scatty... >> >> Anyway, while surfing (the internet) I came across this article on >> leave allowances in various countries (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/ >> world-11139960). Being British I find the 20 day allowance about >> normal (though I actually get 26 paid leave days myself). The French >> figure seemed excessive but it was the American figures that were the >> most shocking. No paid annual leave seems to be the norm! Is that >> really true? >> >> How many days paid leave do other software developers normally get >> from their employers? >> >> Vince. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to javapo...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javapo...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
