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In reply to the discussion: If family time is so important why does vacation time have to be paid? [View all]MrsBrady
(4,187 posts)18. did you forget this?
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If family time is so important why does vacation time have to be paid? [View all]
RB TexLa
Oct 2012
OP
You're just DYING for someone to ask if YOU can afford to take off for two weeks without pay, right?
Cirque du So-What
Oct 2012
#9
What about people living paycheck to paycheck? I guess they shouldn't get a vacation. nt
Comrade_McKenzie
Oct 2012
#10
See, if you can't afford to take off from work - unpaid - for a coupla weeks
Cirque du So-What
Oct 2012
#22
so that people can afford to take a vacation. makes for a more productive employee so
seabeyond
Oct 2012
#24
Mark the cakendar again! Opie agrees wholeheartedly with seabeyond for the 2nd time in a month!
opiate69
Oct 2012
#30
"Are there no prisons, and the Union Workhouses, are they still in operation?"
sabrina 1
Oct 2012
#35
Really? Can't say I am very familiar with this OP. Which is why I assumed it must be
sabrina 1
Oct 2012
#109
You might take your case to the Germans and question their 6 weeks of paid vacation.
pa28
Oct 2012
#41
I don't know how to respond to this, so here's a picture of two cats who are best buds!
eqfan592
Oct 2012
#42
I don't get your point. Is this a current topic? Have you been eating lead paint? Are you Paul Ryan?
WinkyDink
Oct 2012
#56
If family time is so important why shouldn't vacation time have to be paid?
NYC Liberal
Oct 2012
#58
I think you have it backwards. Vacation isn't time demanded by employees....
Honeycombe8
Oct 2012
#63