Quote Originally Posted by mimitabby
No, we don't have anything like that. Most of us work for companies, that if they give you vacation (normally not more than 1 month a year) they take it away if you don't use it in the next 2 years, so you can't even save it up!
Yep I know what you mean about your normal leave each year. Its the same in Australia most people get around 4 weeks paid leave a year and in most cases are not allowed to save it up. This is where Long Service Leave is nice but I must say that getting the time at work to take it can be a problem. A lot of people in Australia work there whole life and never take their Long Service Leave they just get paid out for it when they retire. It can work out to be a rather large sum of money for people that have worked for years but it really defeats the whole purpose behind LSL which was to allow people to take a break from work and recharge and perhaps reconnect with the world outside of work.