http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17654781 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17654781: Research published last year by Mercer HR suggested there was a statuto

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17654781 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17654781: Research published last year by Mercer HR suggested there was a statutory minimum of 14 in Spain, 13 in Portugal, 12 in Greece, 11 in France, and nine in Germany and Ireland. It found US and Australian workers get 10 public holidays, Canadians nine, Chinese 11 and Japanese 15. However, there are regional variations in many of these countries and employment laws differ as to whether workers should be paid for these holidays.