In some countries employees are generally given two weeks of paid vacation time each year. In other countries employers are given four or six weeks of paid vacation time. Considering the need of both employee and employer, what do you think is a reasonable amount of paid vacation time for employees to have? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

Employees are authorized to take

time

off under labour law. In some countries,

two

weeks of paid vacations are given to workers while others give

four

to

six

weeks paid

time

off. I think

two

weeks of paid vacations are enough from both employee & employer’s perspective.

Firstly

, Annual vacations that employees get, are

in addition

to national & public holidays. On average, combining all national & public holidays totals to about

four

weeks of days off from

work

. Adding additional

two

weeks of annual leaves, these go up to

six

weeks each year. These days off from

work

are enough to fulfil

employee’s needs

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the employee’s needs

.

Secondly

,

Employer

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the Employer

pays salary to employee for days off.

Employer

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The employer

pays not only for these

two

weeks but

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weeks, but

also

four

weeks of statutory holidays without getting any

work

in return.

This

burden of wages without any contribution is enough for

employer

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employers

the employer

an employer

. Some countries do give leaves

of

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about

four

or

six

weeks, it

further

increases

burden

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the burden

of wages on employer and

thus

lowers profitability. In some countries, workers are given

four

to

six

weeks of paid vacation

time

. They believe that more

time

off from

work

will help

employee

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employees

the employee

relax from day to day routine. It will help him

in

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with

increasing

efficiency but

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efficiency, but

I disagree. According to one research, too much

time

away from job makes a person

looses

fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense

loses

his/her focus and results in list

complecency

the feeling you have when you are satisfied with yourself

complacency

in

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at

work

and

thus

less efficiency. In today’s fast paced world,

time

is money. Taking

four

or

six

weeks away from job affects not only company’s

profitability but

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profitability, but

economy

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the economy

as a whole.

Last

year, I went on vacation to Thailand for twelve days. I was able to complete my wish list in just seven days. I tried to relax for remaining

days but

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days, but

I got bored on

10th day

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the 10th day

. In my opinion as well as from my experience, I think

two

weeks are enough vacation

time

.

This

not only keeps employee’s focus

intact but

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intact, but

also

helps

employer

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the employer

to maintain profitability. Higher profits

means

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mean

higher taxes, and

thus

whole economy

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the whole economy

becomes

beneficiary

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the beneficiary

a beneficiary

.