The FMLA has many restrictions. Employees must have worked at their company for more than 12 months. They also must have worked at least 1,250 hours during the previous year. Smaller employers are not required to provide FMLA leave to their employees. If a company employs fewer than 50 people within 75 miles of the employeeâs worksite, the employee does not qualify for FMLA leave.
Austria, which guarantees workers the most time off, has a legal minimum of 22 paid vacation days and 13 paid holidays each year. The average private sector U.S. worker receives 16 paid vacation days and holidays. One in four Americans does not have a single paid day off.
Limits on statutory leave. Statutory paid holiday entitlement is limited to 28 days. Staff working 6 days a week are only entitled to 28 daysâ paid holiday and not 33.6 days (5.6 multiplied by 6).Bank or public holidays do not have to be given as paid leave.An employer can choose to include bank holidays as part of a workerâs statutory annual leave.taff working 6 days a week are only entitled to 28 daysâ paid holiday and not 33.6 days (5.6 multiplied by 6). Bank or public holidays do not have to be given as paid leave. An employer can choose to include bank holidays as part of a workerâs statutory annual leave.