CNBC.com puts together a list of the top 10 countries with the highest number of government mandated paid holidays per year, according to a 62-country report “Worldwide Benefit and Employment Guidelines” released by the human resources consulting firm Mercer.
Some of the results may surprise you and some of the benefits may make you envious.
Click ahead to find which countries give their workers the most time off each year.
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Sweden
Statutory holidays: 25
Public holidays: 11
In Sweden, employees are entitled to 19 days of paid annual leave after nine months of employment and 25 days after a year on the job. The country also mandates 11 hours of rest between shifts and has strict limits on the number of overtime hours employees may work — with a maximum of 50 overtime hours a month permitted over a period of four months.
Major companies: Ikea, H&M and Ericsson
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Luxembourg
Statutory holidays: 25
Public holidays: 10
Workers are entitled to 25 days of annual leave after being employed for one year, not including public holidays. If employees work on a public holiday, they are entitled to three times their standard salary for that day.
Major companies: ArcelorMittal, Skype and eBay
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Greece
Statutory holidays: 25
Public holidays: 12
Employees who have completed 10 years of service with the same employer or 12 years with different employers are entitled to 25 days of paid leave a year. Greek workers also have the second highest number of total working days off in the year (statutory holidays plus public holidays) at 37.
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France
Statutory holidays: 25
Public holidays: 11
The French government guarantees employees five weeks of paid vacation a year, not including public holidays. Most locals take their annual leave in July and August before the start of the new school year, leaving normally busy streets of metropolitan centers like Paris deserted, and businesses shuttered.
Employees with three years’ seniority in a company, who have been employed for at least six years, also have the option take a sabbatical of six to 11 months.
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Finland
Statutory holidays: 25
Public holidays: 10
Workers are entitled to five weeks vacation a year, plus 10 public holidays. Most companies also provide Christmas Eve and Midsummer’s Eve in June as days off, even though the two are not officially recognized as public holidays.
Finns are also entitled to up to nine months leave for a new child plus two years of unpaid childcare leave without losing their jobs. Workers can also take unpaid study leave for two years out of five.
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