Mexico is in the middle of a possible vacation reform that the Federal Labor Law has not seen in 60 years. However, despite being one of the countries with fewer paid vacations has in the world, we could be much worse off. We could be the United States.
According to a Resume.io report shared by CNBC, believe it or not, the American Union is the second worst country in terms of paid vacation days. This index reviewed the vacation and holiday laws of 197 countries and found that the United States is “the only developed country in the world without paid leave by law.”
There are only six countries in the world that do not offer some national form of paid leave, and our neighbor to the north is one of them.
The 10 countries that offer the least paid holidays
1. Micronesia (Oceania)
Total paid rest days: 9
2. United States of America (North America)
Total paid rest days: 10
3. Nauru (Oceania)
Total paid vacation days: 10
4. Palau (Oceania)
Total paid rest days: 12
5. Kiribati (Oceania)
Total paid vacation days: 13
6. Mexico (North America)
Total paid vacation days: 14
7. China (Asia)
Total paid rest days: 16
8. Lebanon (Asia)
Total paid rest days: 17
9. Philippines (Asia)
Total paid rest days: 17
10. Nigeria (Africa)
Total paid vacation days: 17
Deputies modify law of ‘decent vacations’
Next December 15 is the deadline for the Chamber of Deputies approve the opinion issued ‘decent vacation’ by law, extending the holiday period for Mexican workers. To prevent the reform from getting ‘stuck’ until 2023, the legislators made an adjustment that, they say, will benefit everyone involved: instead of 12 continuous days of rest, it would only be 6 days and the rest would be agreed upon with their employer.
The original reform project proposes granting a minimum of 12 days of paid vacation per year from the first year of service. For each subsequent year, the vacation period will increase by 2 working days until it reaches 20. As of the sixth year of service, it will increase 2 days for every 5 years of service.
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