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In reply to the discussion: Bernie Sanders @SenSanders: Minimum weeks of paid medical leave for workers: [View all]BeckyDem
(8,361 posts)11. Do your own research if you're interested. Compare contrast.
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There is no federal or state statutory minimum paid vacation or paid public holidays. Paid leave is at the discretion of the employers to its employees.[182][183] According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, 77% of private employers offer paid vacation to their employees; full-time employees earn on average 10 vacation days after one year of service.[184] Similarly, 77% of private employers give their employees paid time off during public holidays, on average 8 holidays per year.[184][185] Some employers offer no vacation at all.[186] The average number of paid vacation days offered by private employers is 10 days after 1 year of service, 14 days after 5 years, 17 days after 10 years, and 20 days after 20 years.[184][187]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_minimum_annual_leave_by_country
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Bernie Sanders @SenSanders: Minimum weeks of paid medical leave for workers: [View all]
BeckyDem
Mar 2020
OP
This is false. I just checked the UK and Germany, neither have 52 weeks of paid medical leave....
George II
Mar 2020
#2
The two countries I looked up have only a fraction of "52 weeks" paid medical leave...
George II
Mar 2020
#5
It's bad when we have to fight distortions within the party. If he starts this crud tomorrow,
Hoyt
Mar 2020
#7
He prevaricated about 52 weeks in other countries, and that kind of junk is why voters are
Hoyt
Mar 2020
#12
No, the point is that although we need to improve our safety net, we don't need Sanders
Hoyt
Mar 2020
#17
There is no federal or state statutory minimum paid vacation or paid public holidays.
BeckyDem
Mar 2020
#32
But, Sanders still significantly distorted levels of sick leave that we might aspire to.
Hoyt
Mar 2020
#33
"Do your own research"? He blatantly exaggerates (or lies, as an extreme) and WE have to research...
George II
Mar 2020
#16
You're avoiding the fact that Sanders claimed that all those countries listed have 52 weeks...
George II
Mar 2020
#31
No. We have none guaranteed, any mistake is not the gravest error compared to ours.
BeckyDem
Mar 2020
#34
But he said that whole list of countries has FIFTY TWO weeks, which is "far from" true.
George II
Mar 2020
#37
Zero isn't a talking point, its a reality for US workers. I already said it is inconsequential
BeckyDem
Mar 2020
#38
52 IS a talking point and either an exaggeration or an intentional misrepresentation....
George II
Mar 2020
#39
Was addressed, twice. Its relevant to you, and best to ignore 26 weeks, 13 weeks that we
BeckyDem
Mar 2020
#41
Sanders is being called out on Twitter for the gross misrepresentations there.
highplainsdem
Mar 2020
#35