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daedong

daedong

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Just talking with my wife about our trip down the Murray River and how she is luck with the amount of time off she gets. She is taking long service leave to do this trip. She has about 110 days up her sleeve if she wants, plus 5 weeks annual leave a year. Out of the conversation come the question do other countries have long service leave.
 
VIN,
I'm blessed to have a local government job. We get 10 days off per year for "national" holidays. Then my vacation days increase the longer I'm there. Right now I think I get 26 days/year. I have about 40 days in the "bank" and will accrue those other 26 throughout the year.
 
In the private sector, most low seniority workers get about 1 week of vacation per year, plus they get the major holidays off (Christmas, New Years, Easter, Labor Day, Memorial Day, 4th of July, Thanksgiving). Many part time employees get no paid vacation time.

Most medium seniority workers get 2 to 3 weeks of vacation per year, plus the same holidays.

Most high seniority workers get 3 to 4 weeks of vacation per year, plus the same holiday.

Regardless of seniority, some upper managers in some companies are also granted 'personal days' and those vary by company, often 3 to 5 per year.

I would say it would be pretty rare to find anyone getting 6 weeks of vacation in additon to the major holidays. Government workers often get some minor national holidays that are not honored in the private sector, many of these are even regional holidays. For example, in Chicago many schools and the city workers take a holiday for Casimer Pulaski but to my knowledge it is not celebrated in any other area of the US. Also, in the private sector, many companies will only allow you to 'bank' so much of your time so if you don't use it, then you will be paid for it and not allowed to accrue it. Often I've seen that limit set at 2 years of your total vacation. We have a 6 week limit. If you accumulate more than 6 weeks of vacation, you lose the amount over 6 weeks but you get paid for the time.

In some industries the trade unions have negotiated much more vacation time, the steel and auto industries during the 1960's and 1970's had very liberal vacation levels with high seniority workers getting up to 10 to 13 weeks of vacation. Those times are pretty much gone. Most of those unions have given back much of that vacation time and conceeded some of their pay too. That is not enough and many of our heavy industries are still in deep financial trouble (not soley due to wages). There are plenty of other issues including enviornmental regulations, excessive pension costs, taxation, etc.

I get 3 weeks of vacation per year, I get no 'personal days' and I get only the major national holidays. I get nothing more than anyone else in my company with the exception that if I want to take a day off, then some selected other people are not allowed to also take that day as time off.
 
Vin; I'm one of those rare cases that Bob referred to. I can bank upto 9 weeks vacation, get 6 weeks per year, and work a twelve hour day that relates to only working for the company 14 days a month. I also get 2 personal days per year. The tradeoff, if you will, is that if you're scheduled to work a holiday, any holiday, you have to work it, and I have to work 2 weekends in a row per month. We used to work an 8 hour schedule, where you got 1 weekend per month off, and it was swing shift. CACA!!!!

To answer your question, yes, we have what we call a leave of absense that can be used in a number of ways. To tell the truth, I know of no one that has ever done it though. I'd have to look it up in our Collective Bargaining Agreement as to how it works.

Probably more info than you wanted.:tiphat::beer::beer:
 
She gets,
Lone service leave
For every ten years of continuous service 6.5 working days for each year of continuous service.

Annual leave
25 days a year

Public holidays
11 days a year

Sick leave entitlement
not sure but about 12 days a year these days accumulate if not taken

She is a manager of a nursing home and is paid salary (this means no set hrs) but an expection to work a normal 38 hr week. In reality she works about 45hr a week
 
Vin, our "hourly" employees are scheduled for a 'normal' 40 hour work week.

Our "salary" employees are expected to work a 'normal' 50 hour work week, that is pretty flexible as some work on the weekends, others work longer, etc. It becomes a job related issue as to getting done what needs to get done.

Just curious, all those days off that your wife gets, are those "paid" days or "unpaid" days? Also, I'm not sure that I understand it correctly, so how many "TOTAL" days off of work does she get "with pay" from the company?

I get 22 total paid days off each year (3 weeks vacation + 7 holidays)
 
daedong said:
Annual leave is paid at full rate of pay + 17% loading
All other days are full pay
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Vin; see if they need some entertainment from the US. Jan's an RN, and she'd like some pay like that!!:D:thumb::beer:
 
johnday said:
Vin; see if they need some entertainment from the US. Jan's an RN, and she'd like some pay like that!!:D:thumb::beer:
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John, my wife said she is always looking for RN's.
She would be expected to work shifts. She would get all of the above but 6 instead of 5 weeks annual leave. I am sure there would be a loading on her pay for nights, weekends would be at 1.5 time on saturdays, double time sundays and public holidays.
 
Hi everyone, being new to the forum's, thought maybe I should post something, "going on vacation to Salt Lake City". I'm semi retired, "or mostly tired" so we go when we get "bored". We've been there alot. Found some really good restaurants. And made some good friends.
 
I work in the private sector (an insurance company). I worked 4 10 hour days for a total of 38.75 hours (Tu - Fr). I then also get 9 holidays per year, 1 personal holiday, 3 personal days, and 15 days a year vacation. I also get 8 weeks a year sick time at 100% and 18 weeks at 60% per year + long term disability. Wife complains because I'm always home. I'll go to 4 weeks vacation at 15 years (just completed my 5th). I also get 401k + a pension - how rare is that now days.:coolshade
 
Well, we're enjoying our vacations now. As when we owned our old business it was 24/7's. Did that for 10 years. Sure it had the normal "bennies" but vacation, what was that.. Anyway, glad we did it. Sold it-now semi retired in our 50's, and living our dream.
 
Sounds good Pigtails. So where bouts are you from? I'd guess somewhere in the midwest since you go to St Louis regularly ...
 
jwstewar said:
I worked 4 10 hour days for a total of 38.75 hours (Tu - Fr).
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Hmmmm.... I always thought 4x10=40; damn new math!

Well, I get:

- 3 weeks vacation
- 8 Holidays the company selects
- 2 "Floating" Holidays of my choice
 
jwstewar said:
I work in the private sector (an insurance company). I worked 4 10 hour days for a total of 38.75 hours (Tu - Fr). I then also get 9 holidays per year, 1 personal holiday, 3 personal days, and 15 days a year vacation. I also get 8 weeks a year sick time at 100% and 18 weeks at 60% per year + long term disability. Wife complains because I'm always home. I'll go to 4 weeks vacation at 15 years (just completed my 5th). I also get 401k + a pension - how rare is that now days.:coolshade
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Now I know why my insurance premiums continues to rise out of sight.:confused: Do all insurance companies offer this type of employee work and benefit package? I should never of went in to my own business.:drink: Should of taken a government or insurance company "position.":whistle:

Really can't blame you, it is the system. If I had to do it over again I would go out and get a "position" and to hell with a job.
 
Doc said:
Sounds good Pigtails. So where bouts are you from? I'd guess somewhere in the midwest since you go to St Louis regularly ...
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I've been to Atlanta and Chicago and a few places in between, but never St. Louis. Guess you got confused with Salt Lake City, UT..?? Oh well, No I live most of the time in Wyoming. Actually 55 years...:pat: Do enjoy it. Lived in the panhandle of ID for 4 years of it. Loved the scenery, even bought a boat. Had to try out the skiing on Lake Coeur d'Alene.. Awesome place. But not home. Born and raised in northern Wyoming.. So moved back...
 
:pat: Your right .....I confused Salt Lake City with St. Louis. duh!

I had a co worker that went to Salt Lake City a few times for work. She liked it so much she looked for a job out there and made the move.
I've never been out that way.
Like you said, no matter where your from, there ain't no place like HOME.
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mtntopper said:
Now I know why my insurance premiums continues to rise out of sight.:confused: Do all insurance companies offer this type of employee work and benefit package? I should never of went in to my own business.:drink: Should of taken a government or insurance company "position.":whistle:

Really can't blame you, it is the system. If I had to do it over again I would go out and get a "position" and to hell with a job.
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I think we are pretty competitive in the industry. Though new employees no longer get the pension.:( I was fortunated and got vested before they started taking it away. I have a feeling before to much longer though we will lose our pension and just have the 401k.
 
jwstewar said:
Though new employees no longer get the pension.:( I was fortunated and got vested before they started taking it away. I have a feeling before to much longer though we will lose our pension and just have the 401k.
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I think pensions in the US are going the way of the dinosaurs, with the exception of government workers. I'm in negotiations to take over a company that will either be bought out or go bankrupt. It is collapsing under the weight of its pension. If not for large pension payments, the company would be able to survive (barely). This is a case of downsizing due to changes in the laws that forced this company to shrink from 80 employees down to 12, but it still carries the weight of providing a pension for a company that had 80 employees. No way that 12 people can support 80. One way or another, the pension will be disolved because I will not buy the company with its pension program. Our company does not have pensions or 401K programs, we have "profit sharing" and "ESOP" programs. Neither are mandatory, so on a good year we contribute 10% to 14% of the employees annual wages to a tax deferred retirement plan (the employee contributes 0%) . . . on a bad year we may contribute only 5%. We average around 9% contribution.
 
I think the whole corporate pension ideology goes away. The percentage of people who stay with one employer their whole career has got to be so much smaller than it was even less than a generation ago. Due to many things - greed, variety, stability, family - people are going to make many employer and career changes in their lives. For people to bank on a corporate pension today is a little naive.
 
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