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Ditto Australia: https://www.fairwork.gov.au/leave/annual-leave https://www.fairwork.gov.au/leave/annual-leave Full-time and part-time employees get 4 weeks

by defrost 5mo ago

Ditto Australia: https://www.fairwork.gov.au/leave/annual-leave https://www.fairwork.gov.au/leave/annual-leave Full-time and part-time employees get 4 weeks of annual leave, based on their ordinary hours of work.

RustyRussell 5mo ago
Yeah, but there's little culture of actually taking that time.
- defrost 5mo ago
  I guess our experiences vary - our family had month long adventure vacations most years since the 1970s, and growing up we did a half year tour about the whole country when dad got cumulative long service year.
gib444 5mo ago
Sweden is fairly unique in allowing the employee to take a 4 week break. Is Australia the same? 2 weeks is the acceptable limit in the UK for example (where also has 20-35 holiday is common) though if you can convince your boss otherwise, you can take longer, but most people can't
- defrost 5mo ago
  Likely varies by industry - a peer Australian (probably in private IT ?) stated it's uncommon to take a break, whereas I'd say in mining, oil, gas, civil service, police and a good number of structured contract employment its more common. I've "retired" into agriculture and a lot of farmers take a month off after harvest time to go fishing or other wise relax (this generally means filling up a couple of deep chest freezers with fish for the rest of the year).
- mcbridematt 5mo ago
  Some employers "force" their employees to use a portion of their annual leave during the Christmas / New Year shutdown period (usually 24 December -> first full week after New Years Day, if not longer). So you might not be able to use the full 4 weeks continuously. This can be an unwelcome feature for some people, for example, if you want to have a vacation in the northern hemisphere summer season instead and/or maybe you don't have substantial family in Australia (or at least, those you actually want to see). The auscorp reddit has a yearly thread on this issue: https://www.reddit.com/r/auscorp/comments/1mw6pqt/end_of_year_shutdowns_discussion_thread/ https://www.reddit.com/r/auscorp/comments/1mw6pqt/end_of_yea... Those with school aged children might also want to save some of their annual for the mid-term/mid-year breaks as well. (Our academic years are aligned to calendar years)
- 9dev 5mo ago
  In Germany your employer has to grant you two consecutive weeks of vacation by law, and vacation is very rarely denied, even for 3–4 weeks breaks.

by defrost 5mo ago

RustyRussell 5mo ago

Yeah, but there's little culture of actually taking that time.

defrost 5mo ago
I guess our experiences vary - our family had month long adventure vacations most years since the 1970s, and growing up we did a half year tour about the whole country when dad got cumulative long service year.

gib444 5mo ago

Sweden is fairly unique in allowing the employee to take a 4 week break. Is Australia the same? 2 weeks is the acceptable limit in the UK for example (where also has 20-35 holiday is common) though if you can convince your boss otherwise, you can take longer, but most people can't

defrost 5mo ago
Likely varies by industry - a peer Australian (probably in private IT ?) stated it's uncommon to take a break, whereas I'd say in mining, oil, gas, civil service, police and a good number of structured contract employment its more common. I've "retired" into agriculture and a lot of farmers take a month off after harvest time to go fishing or other wise relax (this generally means filling up a couple of deep chest freezers with fish for the rest of the year).
mcbridematt 5mo ago
Some employers "force" their employees to use a portion of their annual leave during the Christmas / New Year shutdown period (usually 24 December -> first full week after New Years Day, if not longer). So you might not be able to use the full 4 weeks continuously. This can be an unwelcome feature for some people, for example, if you want to have a vacation in the northern hemisphere summer season instead and/or maybe you don't have substantial family in Australia (or at least, those you actually want to see). The auscorp reddit has a yearly thread on this issue: https://www.reddit.com/r/auscorp/comments/1mw6pqt/end_of_year_shutdowns_discussion_thread/ https://www.reddit.com/r/auscorp/comments/1mw6pqt/end_of_yea... Those with school aged children might also want to save some of their annual for the mid-term/mid-year breaks as well. (Our academic years are aligned to calendar years)
9dev 5mo ago
In Germany your employer has to grant you two consecutive weeks of vacation by law, and vacation is very rarely denied, even for 3–4 weeks breaks.