I was intrigued by this discussion comparing GOVERNMENT MANDATED paid time off for (I assume) full time workers. Obviously, we have no such thing. Just as obviously, at least some full-time workers in the U.S. do have paid time off. Some of us (including me) even have as much time off as the Europeans (37 days, thanks very much!), but perhaps that's no coindicence since the company I work for is based in the Netherlands. So anyway, with the usual caveats, and as we head into Memorial Day and "vacation season" I'm posting a poll.
For the purposes of the poll, I'll assume full-time is either a designation made by your employer, or that you work at least 35 hours a week. If you work on an academic schedule or some other job that spans only part of the year, count whatever days you can take off when you are "active". For the purpose of counting, include paid holidays (such as Thanksgiving, Christmas etc), "sick days" (if they are tracked separately), personal days, "floating holidays" and vacation days, in your total. Don't count things like paid disability leave.