holiday entitlements worldwide

[dirtmonkey]

Yeah. What CM said. Also explains why I don't stop for lunch.

Like CM and digger I too am self enslaved! Lol. You know you've been working too hard when you feel quilty for NOT working week ends and holidays. :
I get more days off than I care for, due to weather and break downs. It's funny how things work out......nahh maybe not !

[dirtmonkey]

Yeah, me too. No work no pay and possibly work and no pay or worse, pay to work

Didn't mean to leave you out DPete ! As for pay to work ....I didnt know there was any other way ! Lol.

[Dozerboy]

There are none here other then paid vacation. Houston is so industrialized work can be 24/7 not even paid double time ETC. When I look at employers I take everything in account.

Funny some of you mention being self-employed, so you don't have any entitlements. When the majority of the owners I know are the worse and walk around with there nose in the air. Taking more time off then anyone and expecting there employees to pick up the slack. Thats there right as an employer not an employee.

[digger242j]

Funny some of you mention being self-employed, so you don't have any entitlements. When the majority of the owners I know are the worse and walk around with there nose in the air. Taking more time off then anyone and expecting there employees to pick up the slack.

I'm self employed, but I don't have any employees either. When I'm not working there's nobody to pick up the slack.

[CM1995]

I'm self employed, but I don't have any employees either. When I'm not working there's nobody to pick up the slack.

Yep me too - no employees. I can pat myself on the back or blame myself if something goes wrong. I can gripe about the employees and the boss at the same time.

[dirtmonkey]

I am my own worst employee but then again my boss is a d**k ! Hmmmmm lol.

[JDOFMEMI]

Us self employed have no time off. If we have work, we are putting in all the houirs it takes to get it done, and if we don't have any work, we are hard at finding some. It has been a battle the last few years.

I have employees, buy put in more time than any of them. I am the only one who works without pay, so if there is any slack, I am the one picking it up.

[diggerop]

An aussie miner. 6 weeks based on a 35 hr week paid annual leave. We average about 44 hrs of work a week. 105 hours sick leave, equal to 15 x 7 hr days. 13 weeks long service leave after 8 years. On our current roster we work 12 .5 hour day and night shifts and work all public holidays if they fall on our rostered on periods. The mine only closes for 2 days, Christmas day and Boxing day.

[Nige]

Our mine doesn't close at all. 24/7, 365 days a year, 366 this year ..............

[CM1995]

Our mine doesn't close at all. 24/7, 365 days a year, 366 this year ..............

Damn leap year!

[Haddy]

New Zealand wage workers get 4 weeks per year . I,m self employed so that doesn't count , I take holidays when I,m told , by the better half !! Basically I work weekends and don't take holidays if there is work to be done , like many others world over

[DirtHauler]

Just the National holidays, unpaid like they should be. No paid vacation, you won't hear me complain. (Im even union, so you union bashers can talk umungst yerselves on that one!) And the typical layoff during the worst of the winter months here in the Great Northwest when its to wet, cold, froze, snowy or just down-right miserable to be out trying to move dirt, but we still try!

As a Teamster, we have the same deal. I do not look forward to holidays, it means time off without pay and makes my families finances tougher.