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

Depending on the countries

labor

a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages

labour

law and other regulations, some countries provide employees with

two

weeks of annual paid leave whereas others grant

four

to

six

weeks. In my opinion,

two

weeks of paid annual

vacation

is

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are

a good

amount

to be offered from both employers and

employees

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employee's

employee

perspective

. From

employees’

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the employees’ perspective

perspective

, sufficient

amount

of

vacation

is required to maintain

work

life balance. The working environment is quite stressful

in

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at

present time

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the present time

and often lead to exhaustion among workers.

For instance

, in Japan death related to

work

stress is so high that it is considered to be a serious social problem. A moderate

amount

of break from

work

, which is

two

weeks, could be really useful to avoid

such

instance. Some may argue that, there are weekly holidays to relieve stress.

However

, weekly holidays are not enough

as

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at

the time is very limited and doesn’t give you to chance to engage in any travel related activities.

Again taking

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Again, taking

long time

vacation

like

four

to

six

weeks is not often useful from

employees’

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the employees’ perspective

perspective

also

. Being absent from

office longer period

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the office longer period

not only will increase job

pressure but

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pressure, but

also

will hamper

natural

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the natural work flow

work

flow when he/she returns from

vacation

.

On the other

hand from

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hand, from

employers’

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the employers’ perspective

perspective

,

two

weeks paid annual

vacation

seems to be practical.

This

minimum level of

vacation

will

reenergize

cause to be alert and energetic

energize

the

employee

and increase job satisfaction. A satisfied, stress free worker is an indispensable requirement for an

organizations

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organization

to maximize their profit level.

Besides

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Besides, instead

instead

of

four

weeks to

six

weeks

vacation

, allowing

two

weeks’

vacation

will

also

prove to be functional for companies in terms of cost effectiveness. An

employee

takes on

vacation but

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vacation, but

in most cases his works doesn’t. In many cases, companies have to hire temporary workers to cover the

work

of

employee

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an employee

the employee

who is on holiday. The longer the

vacation

, the higher the cost, and the greater the disruption of normal office works. In conclusion, the

amount

of allowable

vacation whether

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vacation, whether

it is

two

week

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weeks

,

four

weeks or

six

weeks largely depends

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weeks, largely depend

weeks largely depend

on that country regulation

also

individual organizations management and policies. Having said

this

, a

two

week of minimum

vacation

considering both employer and

employee

perspective

is practical in current times.