Summerholidays??

My basic working week consists of 4 nights per week(Monday to Thursday) and get 25 days paid holiday which works out to be 6 weeks and 1 day,PLUS all Bank Holidays 😀 .

Well my situation have changed a bit. I found out that in my trades common workterm agreement each employer is obligated for 2 vacation days per month. As my workperiod is 6 month long I have totally of 12 vacation days (and note thats my summerjob!). I took 5 days now so at the moment i’m on holliday:D …..but then again just spended a full day labour by masoning my parents sheds foundation in +25 degree (thats equal to sahara to us finns;) )

12 days vacation?!?… for a summer job!?!?!… does all of Finland belong to the trade unions?

ohhh to be young again (and live in Finland – at least for the summer) but then again, I work at home, and chose the hours I work, and the beach is 15 minutes walk away and we do hit highs of +35 to +38 which makes me very happy… but then again we don’t have any Finnish ladies nearby… actually not too many ladies nearby 🙁

I’m self employed so I get zilch when I’m on holiday. Last year our financial crisis meant we went nowhere, apart from a few days out, luckily this is a good place to live and the coast and nice countryside are within reach.
This year we have indulged ourselves with a holiday cottage in Devon, on the edge of Exmoor, Johnny Kingdom lives in the next village, it would be nice to find him in his local pub. Our problem is whether or not to take the dogs with us, the Jack Russell doesnt travel well and we respect peoples rights not to like them on beaches, though we have investigated dog friendly beaches, there are a few. So that’s us sorted for the summer, if you are unable to do much, let me reccomend a local area rail tourer ticket, they arne’t really advertised but cost naff all for a family ticket and cover large areas, look them up on the internet.

I get about five weeks off per year, one of those being made up of the public holidays that the BBC assumes we’ll be working on, covering sporting and public events etc etc…

I generally don’t take an annual ‘vacation’ like a lot of people do, although I am this year oddly enough… Haven’t been on the standard fortnight away for five years and don’t plan to any time soon. Most of my holidays end up getting used up as time off for weddings, births and funerals (as you do) or heaven forbid, those terrible times when the bathroom needs retiled or the living room painted !

Bah… I need a holiday !!! 😀

Well my situation have changed a bit. I found out that in my trades common workterm agreement each employer is obligated for 2 vacation days per month. As my workperiod is 6 month long I have totally of 12 vacation days (and note thats my summerjob!). I took 5 days now so at the moment i’m on holliday:D …..but then again just spended a full day labour by masoning my parents sheds foundation in +25 degree (thats equal to sahara to us finns;) )

well, from north of the border, here’s my view…

Here in Canada, the private sector gets to make their own ‘rules’ (company by company – although I believe the Labour Board specifies a minimum 2 weeks – but that will change province by province) – I spent over 9 years with the same company and only ever has 2 weeks vacation per year (paid). By the same token, a friend worked at a similar office and the vacation time was as high as 6 weeks paid after 3 years service. (and no one pays for us to go south in the winter)

I can’t answer for the public sector (government and associated corps)… only that those I know who work for them, seem to have one heck of a lot of time off (paid).

But now self-employed – I’m desperate for a vacation (3 years since my last) – or a real job that pays me to stay away for a few weeks.

JJ