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Ashwani Kumar Bhardwaj
Writing assignment
Jessica Shamberger
Dec, 10, 2013
Does American need more vacations and hoida!s"
We do remember that #eeing !ou had on the ast wee$ o# schoo
!ear" %emember how e&cited
we were in 1'(3 when we)d be to #ina! get to do those summer
things i$e ride train to reach
our grand*arents, catch was* b! throwing wet *a*er on them and
then *utting thin thread to their
egs i$e #!ing $ites, riding bi$es with !our #riends, sta! u* a
night *anning *ran$s, and
chasing down the ice cream man a#ter dinner" +hese are just a
#ew o# m! #avorite memories #rom
those ong summer da!s -ow *icture this .t/s a beauti#u Autumn
time, our teacher gave us tas$
o# com*aring American wor$ cuture versus Ja*anese wor$ uture,
and the! consider it as
Karoshi death b! overwor$ it too$ me bac$ to those times when he
had ong summer vacation
#or 2 months in .ndia as the! were *er#ect to s*end a #ew a4!
hours b! the *oo, but instead now
here we are in schoo ta$ing o# assignments 5$a!, sure !ou coud
come home and rea& in the
sun or ta$e a wa$ with the $ids ne&t door +hin$ again, !ou/
have homewor$ to do and tests to
stud! #or, timeines, *ressure, things going with chasing
deadines But when wi !ou have time
to be a $id ie s*ending time i$e $id no res*onsibiities, worr!
or duties" +hat/s what we need to
identi#! what we ca 6oida! or vacations and how much we need
them in America
7i$e man! o# !ou, we wi be on vacation #rom coming wee$ 8or most
Americans, hristmas
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wee$ re*resents about ha# o# the time o## we wi enjo! a !ear ong
om*ared with .ndian 90
da!s o## *us 2( ga4ette or restricted hoida!s, Austraians :at
east 30 da!s o##, *us 10 *ubic
hoida!s;, Bra4iians :22 da!s o# *aid eave with a 33 *ercent
saar! vacation bonus; and the
8rench :at east 3< da!s o## and as man! as ' #or man! *ubic
em*o!ees;, we are cutura!
moron 7oo$ at how the =nited States versus rest o# the deveo*ed
word in number o#
mandator! da!s o## each !ear or .ndia which has 90 da!s o#
vacation aong with 2( hoida!s
>es, that)s a big #at goose egg And !es, the =nited States is
the on! 5rgani4ation o# ?conomic
oo*eration and Deveo*ment countr! that does not re@uire em*o!ers
to *rovide even a da! o#
*aid eave to its em*o!ees As the De*artment o# 7abor
states mattero##act!, +he 8air 7abor
Standards Act :87SA; does not re@uire *a!ment #or time not
wor$ed, such as vacations, sic$
eave or #edera or other hoida!s +hese bene#its are matters o#
agreement between an em*o!er
and an em*o!ee :or the em*o!ee/s re*resentative;
Ah, to ive and wor$ in the word)s on! su*er*ower Does it have to
be this wa!" A #ew months
ago, %obert %eich *ut #orward a modest *ro*osa that ongress
shoud have 21 da!s vacation o#
each American wor$er, ost Americans on! get 1 da!s o## right now
But man! don/t even
ta$e the #u two wee$s out o# #ear o# osing their jobs 5ne in
#our gets no *aid vacation at a,
not even hoida!s 5vera, Americans have ess vacation time than
wor$ers in an! other
advanced econom!
+his is strange *ers*ective and absurd A mandator! 21 da!s
vacation or hoida! o## woud be
good #or ever!one C incuding em*o!ers Studies show wor$ers who
ta$e time o## are more
charged with better out*ut +he! have higher *otentia, morae, and
are ess i$e! to menta!
chec$ out on the job +his wi aso *rovide more em*o!ment #or
average out*ut *er
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wor$er C enough to com*ensate em*o!ers #or the cost o# hiring
additiona wor$ers to cover #or
ever!one/s three wee$s/ vacation time
With the #isca ci## rea**roaching in #ew da!s and austerit! on
the hori4on #or the #oreseeabe
#uture, vacation guarantees are not i$e! to a**ear on an!
awma$er)s agenda o# to* *riorities
an! time soon es*ecia! when there wi be ot o# #aws in 5bama care
the observation o#
im*ortance o# vacations, #or Stress reie#, *roductivit! and
6eath, its ver! we advised to
encourage Americans to ta$e good amount o# time awa! #rom da! to
da! stress o# wor$ i#e in
order to have heath! i#e
6a**! hoida!s, ever!one
Wor$s ited
?i4abeth Scott, S +he im*ortance o# vacations, #or Stress %eie#,
Eroductivit! and 6eath
WebF htt*FGGstressaboutcomGodGwor$*acestressGaGvacationshtm
David Siverberg a! 2, 200'H Digita Journa WebF
htt*FGGwwwdigitajournacomGarticeG2I1(0'
%5B?%+ B %?.6, Bac$ #rom three wee$s vacation with a modest
*ro*osa +hursda!, August ', 2012
WebF htt*FGGrobertreichorgG*ostG2'0(I9II'I
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