Holidays - whats your number?

As I work in Australia - which is different to all of you - I was interested in the difference in what we refer to as 'Annual Leave'. In my Bank, we are allowed 22 days holidays per year..and that does not include the 10 Public Holidays...or sick leave (12 days)..or long service leave.
(As I have been in the bank for 15 years, I'm eligible for Long Service Leave of 13 weeks)

Yes, I am gloating. But, how about you?

Most US banks have the same federal holidays as the Reserve Banks. In 2012, I have 10 fed holidays plus 45 PTO (paid time off days). I have been at this particular bank for 10 yrs.

I have the 10 fed holidays, 20 vacation days, and 6 sick days. I have been with my current employer nearly 3 years.

10 holidays
11 vacation days

Been here less than a year

10 holidays
10 vacation days
3 personal days
10 sick days
Just hit 4 years here, think that bumps me up to 15 vacation now, but I don't pay much attention.

10 holidays
15 vacation days
6 personal days

Been with this bank for two years.

10 holidays
20 vacation/sick days

Been with bank 8 1/2 years

10 Holidays
20 vacation days
10 sick days

Been here 10.5 years

10 Holiday
14 PTO days

Been with bank a little over 2 years

6 Holidays (never worked for an institution closed for all 10)
15 Vacation days
5 Personal days
20 Sick days

10 Federal Holidays
15 Vacation Days
5 Personal/Sick days, plus whatever I've saved over the last 6+ years (they don't expire at the end of the year like Vacation Days do).

10 Fed Holidays
20 vacation
10 sick per annum (but I have about 120 saved up, I may want to be really sick, who knows)

10 Federal Holidays
29 PTO days per year (I've been here 7 years, now at SVP level)

Started this year with 35 PTO days with what I carried over this year.

10 Federal Holidays
10 Vacation days
2 Personal Days
3 Sick Days (unused sick rolls over, so I actually have about 5 right now)

Been here 4 1/2 years.

10 federal holidays
7 personal days
25 days vacation

been here 32 years

22 bank holidays a year...Aussies have too many holidays!

Holiday has a different def. in the UK.

10 Federal Holidays
16 Vacation days (you gain a day each year you are here)
10 Sick days

Been here 1 1/2 years

Is NY in the UK?

Is Australia in the UK? I hate when they move an entire country and don't send a forwarding notice...

I have 15 days vacation, 8 federal holidays (we don't get President or Columbus), 1,040 hours of LTD (that would be 6 months), and 96 hours per year of sick leave...

10 holidays...the Federal ones
15 vacation days plus up to 5 additional of purchased vacation (20 once you make VP level, nto sure if we give anyone more than 20 here)
Up to 400 hours (50 days) sick time I think, and last I heard, I was in the 300-range, btu this number isnt regularly reported to you.

Just as much as Orange County is part of LA

All full time employees get
10 Fed Holidays off with pay annually
3 paid Personal Time days annually (do not carry over)
6 paid Sick days annually (carry over to a max of 30 days)

I have 20 paid Vacation Days & have been at the credit union for 12 years. And yes I am currently counting down to taking my first vacation days of this year ; )

Awesome response guys. Looks like you (in general) dont get much leave at all?? Also looks as if they are some different definitions being used.
Looks like they are some real contrasts in terms of long service - some places give a good incentive in terms of leave, some dont.

Pale Rider - The 22 days are personal holidays, not Bank holidays.

Dottiec - 32 years?!?! Holy [censored].

At our Bank (and most other Australian Banks) we are obligated to take 10 days of leave consecutively at least once a year. This is a good way of catching possible insider-fraudsters who need to be at work to 'cover their tracks'.

Here we are only required to take 5 consecutive for the same reason. I think the two weeks I am takign this year will be the first time in over 10 years I have ever taken more than a week off at a time.

What the heck is a "personal holiday"? Aren't these declared by states and the federal government?

I can't declare a pesonal holiday! No wonder Australia was a penal colony!

Ausie to US english

personal holiday = vacation

Texas to US english

Howdy = hello

Is that better? though still not sure what Long Service Leave equates too.

Long service leave is an additional employee vacation payable after long periods of service with an employer in Australia and New Zealand.

In Australia, unlike many other countries, employees are generally entitled to additional leave, known as long service leave, over and above their annual leave if they stay with a particular employer for a certain length of time. A common entitlement in Australia is that employees who remain with a particular employer for ten years will receive an entitlement of eight and two-thirds weeks' (two calendar months) paid leave and more on a pro-rata basis the longer they stay with that employer. This amount was originally thirteen weeks (three months) after fifteen years in most states until recent years. In the Australian Capital Territory, Australia, an employee is entitled to pro-rata long service leave after seven years.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_service_leave

Thanks wiki

::applies for job in Australia::

Lloyd Christmas to girl on street: That's a beautiful accent, where are you from?

Girl: Austria

Lloyd Christmas: Oh, g'day mate! put another shrimp on the barbie!

I'm coming too!!

Thanks Loralie - For the 'translation'. Its quite amusing to see Americans live up to their reputations (not being able to relate to the rest of the world).
Good luck to all those applying for jobs in Australia - you need to be aware of the major downside - you will have to work alongside Australians. As I am a New Zealander, I can tell you how painful this can be.

PS: Manimal - I cannot help but laugh every time I see that profile pic...its hilarious.

I'm happy errbody likes it! It makes me snicker too.

Whenever I see it I want to throw my hands up in the air and say in a guilty voice "I wasn't doing anything!"

My little brother recently completed a semester at UTAS in Hobart, via his college's foreign exchange program. He got more from the cultural exchange than the actual studies, but loved touring the area and the mainland during his breaks. I told him if he decides to go back, he has to take me with him!

<<<<< watching you, GD.....

Looked into immigrating to New Zealand or Australia, they have some pretty strict rules. I'm too old apparently.

Pale old or Miscuit Old

How can you be too old to immigrate?

Goodnight, how discriminatory is that?

Central America is the way to go walden, you can get back here quicker.....

Other countries have standards on who they wish to let in yet alone stay.

Convicts can not go to England.

They fear the old folks can't hold their own in the heat, and in the event of a kangaroo encounter that results in a boxing match. You are too much of a liability!

I keep thinking of the bad dog in Balto.

And I want to say, "Quit staring at me, I didn't do it"

Maybe I should start sending this avi out with my exception reports...

No need to lump us all in with a couple of people on this board.

Flaming and off topic.

It wasn't me! I didn't do it! The (other) dog ate my homework!

HappyGilmore;
Nice work on taking offence, and the counter-quip.
Seeing as I didnt get a torrent of similar responses from everyone else, I think they understood the intent (i.e. gentle ribbing) Unfortunately you didnt.
I apologise for upsetting you.

And yes..New Zealanders (not Zealenders) are standoffish. We dont have a problem with that.

Flaming and off topic

Why don't y'all lay off?

Thanks Loralie - For the 'translation'. Its quite amusing to see Americans live up to their reputations (not being able to relate to the rest of the world).


Why would we need to when you are an American the rest of the world would need to relate to you.

^^^ended a sentence in a preposition^^^




(Deek)

It would be difficult to lay someone off when they have 6 months vacation.

Fixed

I also noticed the lack of a comma after the "i.e." And the paragraph structure is very strange, much like if one were reading e.e. cumming.

::just keep swimming, just keep swimming::

Is that they way he got from NZ to Australia?

Just doing my part to build international relations!

Just being an American and tring to relate.

They have a little quiz you can take online to determine if you are a likely candidate. It has been a few months since I took it, but I believe the age cut off was 45. You can always own a home there at spend, I think, 3 months out of the year there on your passport alone.

Now Uraguay lets you stay 9 months out of each year on your passport alone. I believe you can actually become a resident during that period of time.

Several countries in Central and South America have "retirement" packages. They offer incentives to folks wanting to move there to retire - no import duties on your belongings and the like....

We don't relate to the rest of the world, we save it.

It is difficult being the world's only superpower, it's like king of the hill, everyone is jealous and wants to boot you.

(notice I dropped the "off" at the end of the last sentence)

Happy, I appreciate you coming to my defense, however I DID understand, it seemed as if others didn't, so I was trying to help.

Funnily enough, We had customers here who were from New Zealand, they just recently moved back when their kids graduated High School here and both decided to go to College in NZ. The mom had a very thick accent. I was the only one in our branch who could understand her.

Plus, my mom's ex-husband was born and raised in Wales, and Australia and NZ use alot of the same vernacular as the UK.

I ADORE all of mani's husky avvies- I can't decide which is better, this one or the one with the glasses. My doxy has started coming into the room with suckers and candy in his mouth, and we cannot figure out where he is finding it! I thought maybe he was getting into the girl's Halloween Candy, but it's all put away. So Confused.

And for the grammer police- I know I can't spell, so I apologize.

Thanks girlie!

Come on everybody, let's bring it on in for a group hug!


Wait, did someone just touch my butt??

Even coffee is different in Australia. If you want a regular coffee with cream, you need to order a flat white.

I am sure that is a superior name since after all, it is not the American way of saying it.

My bad!

Also appetizers are entrees and entrees are mains. Again superior to the American way.

I must say having spent some time down under, this poster is not at all indicative of the people, even the Kiwis we met. Most are very nice and very curious about the US and since most travel much of the world they understand the different idioms used in different countries and don't equate the with superiority/inferiorty.

Wasn't complaining at all, no worries!

Ohhhhh Thomas

The funny thing about Australia is that it was formed as a penal colony in the late 1700s in New South Wales. You were sent there with a life sentence...strangely, many today lay claim to being descendants of settlers, but no one claims to be the descendant of those sent there as prisoners...

I have an aunt who emigrated there more than 10 years ago and loves it.

A friend of ours is from NZ and came to the US in college on swimming scholarship, and fell in love with the US and opted to stay.

"mine, mine, mine, mine, mine, mine, mine"

It is embarassing to say the least. Thanks for making the point, Babo.

Yes I agree National Pride is an embarassing concept for some.

kiwi's poor thread......

New Zealand is fine for some, but with Used Zealand you avoid losing 25% of its value as soon as you drive it off the lot.

GD...that is HORRIBLE! LOL

What do you expect? It was GD!!!!!!

US switch to Daylights Savings on 11 March
UK switch to Daylights Savings on 25 March

these are not holidays, unless you want them to be...

It's only a holiday when you get the extra hour. Losing one is the opposite of a holiday.

i don't wanna lose an hour this weekend!

Move to SW AZ, Saskatchewan or China. No problem.

AZ would be my choice....love the desert SW!

hawaii doesn't change either!!

hmmmmm...that's an option too!

Is the opposite of a holiday a work day?

Mine too!