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America needs a vacation!

Americans are working harder and longer than ever, while taking fewer and shorter vacations. We now work 142 more hours a year than we did in 1973. That's three and a half weeks of extra work each year.

Even when workers are entitled to vacationd ays, they often don't use them. In fact 26% of Americans don't take any vacation at all.

As a result of lost weekends and shrinking vacations, our health is suffering, our quality of life is suffering, and even our workplace productivity is suffering.

Corporate America cannot get away with this exploitation any longer! As a citizen you deserve better... you deserve your opportunity for fun in the sun.

America Works While The World Plays!

Research shows that the United States is the only major industrialized nation whose citizens are not entitled to vacation by law.

We work 100 hours more per year than the Japanese.... 350 hours a year (nearly 9 weeks) more than the avergage Europena.

Americans work more days, endure longer working hours, and enjoy less vacation time than the rest of the industrialized world.

Average Annual Vacation Days

• Italy - 42
• France - 37
• Germany - 35
• Brazil - 34
• Britain - 28
• Canada - 26
• Japan - 25
• South Korea - 25
• USA - 13

Are You Working Yourself to Death?

The Japanese even have a name for it, "karoshi" or literally "death from overwork."

Some estimates put the figure at up to 10,000 deaths a year from karoshi in Japan.

If you're not taking enough vacation time, could you be working yourself into an early grave?

Are You At Risk

See how you spend your time and discover other pertinent vacation statistics based on your life style.

Example

• Number of hours worked per week: 55
• Average number of vacation days (not national holidays): 10
• Results:
  • Hours worked to get one day of vacation: 270
  • Percentage of your year spent on vacation: 1.83%
  • Vacation Deficiency Quotient (VDQ): -1067
    • VDQ is derived from average vacation days of nine industrialized nations.
    • A negative number indicates you have poorer vacation habits than the global average (VDQ of 0)

• Number of hours worked per week: 55
• Average number of vacation days (not national holidays): 30
• Results:
  • Hours worked to get one day of vacation: 84.666
  • Percentage of your year spent on vacation: 3.65%
  • Vacation Deficiency Quotient (VDQ): 33
    • VDQ is derived from average vacation days of nine industrialized nations.
    • A negative number indicates you have poorer vacation habits than the global average (VDQ of 0)

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