Americans get fewer vacation days in 2012, study finds
That's what will happen to many of the vacation days workers don't use by December 31. Americans are expected to subject two days to this unfortunate fate in 2012, according to a study released Thursday.www.cnn.com
Sick Days: Most Workers Come To Work When They're Sick, Contagious ...
In America, if you take a day off for ANY reason - even if your child is in the hospital, or your mother died - it is grounds for dismissal, and you have no legal protections of any kind.www.huffingtonpost.com
Hidden Costs of Black Friday are Adding Up: In-Store Shopping Experiences ...
Bernard Luthi, CMO and COO of Rakuten's Buy.com commented: "In a country where the average American gets 14 vacation days per year, time with loved ones is precious. The rise of m and e-commerce, complete with innovations like video product reviews ...www.sacbee.com
Avoid Holiday Travel Headaches with These Tips from American Express
By making plans right away, you'll get the most out of your holidays and avoid stress during a time that 75% of Americans feel frustration while trying to get away for their vacations. American Express and their Travel Insiders, who not only have ...chicagoist.com
Donating Your Vacation Time
In recent years many companies have begun offering employees greater flexibility in managing their vacation time and other "leave" days, such as allowing them to buy or sell extra days, while limiting time carried over from prior years that puts a ...online.wsj.com
US Workers May Give Up Time Off as Storm Aid
Published: November 7, 2012. The Internal Revenue Service said Tuesday that American employees could donate, through payroll deductions, their vacation, sick and personal leave days to organizations helping with Hurricane Sandy relief efforts.www.nytimes.com
The American vacation gap
Point being, Americans are in desperate need of more vacation time. So lawmakers, take note. Just look at some examples from around the world - Italy, for example, which tops the time-off list with a whopping 42 vacation days. Forty-two days! And have ...www.journaltribune.com
The Ultimate Cyber Week Travel Deals Guide: Black Friday, Cyber Monday & More
In fact, Hotwire just released the American Travel Behavior survey showing that most Americans will have 9.2 paid vacation days leftover at the end of 2012. Don't be a statistic. Plan ahead and book your next vacation with Black Friday, Cyber Monday ...www.petergreenberg.com
Still Have Unused Vacation Days? Fall Is A Great Time To Use Them
According to the most recent American Express Spending & Saving Tracker, U.S. employees have an average of eight unused vacation days this fall. Not only that, but 38% of workers are expected to lose them completely. While some people don't know they ...www.gadling.com
Iraq Road Trip: Who Takes The Ultimate Adventure Vacation And What's It Like?
Our tour leader told us that "sometimes" we'd have a police escort. "Sometimes" turned into "most of the time." We usually had a different group of cops each day and it was luck of the draw whether they'd be friendly or aloof. The annoying thing about ...www.gadling.com
Stuck In Part-Time
America's narrow unemployment rate is 7.9%, but it is 14.6% when accounting for involuntary part-time workers. The number of Americans working full time has declined by 5.9 million since September 2007, while the number working part time has jumped by ...onpoint.wbur.org
US Thanksgiving means travel savings for Canadian visitors
During the days leading up to the holiday, a huge number of Americans travel back to their hometowns to be with family to celebrate.o.canada.com
Vacations Are Better Than Reality
If you're lucky enough to be jetting off abroad any time soon, fuck you. We'll be stuck here intermittently crying and trying to drink ourselves through the torturous misery that is the winter.www.vice.com
Now's the time to renew your American passports
Q: I am a US citizen living in Jamaica who is planning to travel to the United States with my children for the holidays. My passport expires at the end of December, and my children's passports expire January.www.jamaicaobserver.com
American war hero recalls every second of D-Day
The day after he turned 19, Melbourne Bennett of Bartlett rode apprehensively inside an amphibious landing craft with other American soldiers through the English Channel toward Omaha Beach. The first Allied military personnel had hit the beach only one ...www.commercialappeal.com
Election Day: VP Biden, Romney-Ryan touch down in Cleveland for final vote push
... room, where they wait for the polls to close and then wait for the results to pour in from elections boards, telling them who has more work to do to prepare to undertake the responsibilities of their office or who can start scheduling vacation days ...www.examiner.com
Thanks to This Week's Advertisers
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Serena Williams vacations in Israel
... Monday evening for a surprise visit. The American player spent the past few days with her sister Venus in Nigeria and South Africa, where the two took part in women empowering activities and competed against each other in a series of exhibition ...www.ynetnews.com
Who Needs a Log Flume When You Can Get a Blow Job In a Theme Park ...
There's more to being gay than Grindr (thank god), but for some of us, Grindr plays a key role in being gay. Many theme park attractions have last-chance/turn-back points.gawker.com
The Looming Menace of the Protestant Ethic
Germans put in 1,408 hours per year, with twice the vacation time, yet Greece is a wreck (20% jobless) while Germany a powerhouse.www.opednews.com
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