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cinntailetoday at 6:54 PM6 repliesview on HN

Why does it say 0 for the US? You have Thanksgiving, Christmas, 4th of July and more? Are they unpaid days off?


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WorldMakertoday at 7:04 PM

Depends on the company. The US maintains no requirements, federal holidays are a suggestion, not a mandate.

A few states inside the US upgrade federal holidays to state holidays to required paid time off. Most don't.

In the US paid holidays are a corporate "tradition" more than a regulated common good.

Even US federal employee holidays vary between agencies and branches of government.

nemomarxtoday at 7:01 PM

I think they're technically not federally mandated. Businesses can be open on Christmas at their discretion and require workers to come in.

krzyktoday at 7:57 PM

Holidays are on top of vacations so they shouldn't be counted .

panzagltoday at 7:03 PM

It depends on the job and is not mandated to be paid, or even given off.

strictneintoday at 7:02 PM

Because it gets more attention if they ignore reality and treat a lack of a federal mandate as meaningful information.

tarxvftoday at 7:33 PM

The rest of the world seems to believe that if the government doesn't mandate it, it doesn't happen.

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