In many parts of Europe, it’s common for workers to take off weeks at a time, especially during the summer. Envious Americans say it’s time for the U.S. to follow suit.
Some 66% of U.S. workers say companies should adopt extended vacation policies, like a month off in August, in their workplaces, according to a Morning Consult survey of 1,047 U.S. adults.
I am German. According to German law as I refer to here, the four weeks are calculated on a basis of a six-day work week, which in practice almost nobody works. Most people work four or five days, and the right to holidays is scaled accordingly.