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[-] papertowels@mander.xyz 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Employed in the US, I can stack up to 240 hours. After that it's use it or lose it, so I just take a few hours off every week.

[-] TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz 15 points 1 day ago

hours

the US labor rights are so bad they have to measure time off in hours 😭

[-] burntbacon@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 day ago

The hours makes sense for a lot of companies that have shift work, because different employees have differing amounts of hours in their workday. Plus, my old place of work would let you use a few hours at a time, so if you wanted you could have off every friday afternoon.

[-] papertowels@mander.xyz 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Genuine ignorance and curiosity - do y'all only do days? If you have to take half a day off, do you round up or down? And so I can have some context for your answer what country are you from?

[-] rtxn@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

Hungary here. Can't remember the exact wording of the law, but most employers only give out full days. Employers have a lot of control over when paid time off can be taken, as long as the legally mandated requirement (at least 20 days plus other conditions every year) is met.

My previous job, where I did rotating night shifts, counted the days that coincided with the start of the shift: if I had a paid day off on a Tuesday on a night shift week, I'd work from Monday 22:00 to Tuesday 6:00, stay at home on Tuesday, and start my next shift on Wednesday at 22:00 (just a hypothetical, I always tried to take full weeks).

[-] iamguiness@feddit.uk 2 points 1 day ago

To be fair, 240 hours divided by an 8 hour work day is 30 days. That's pretty good amount of time that can roll over. Where I live it isn't measured in hours but there is less time that can roll over than 30 days.

[-] papertowels@mander.xyz 1 points 1 day ago

I also fully recognize that I have a fairly generous employer. I don't think my experience is representative of most Americans.

[-] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

I can carry a max of four days to the next year, but the system doesn't track it so it's an "honor" system

which basically means leverage to fire you over it if they even need a reason

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