How many public holidays are there in America vs. Europe? Australia is 20 days paid leave + ~10 public holidays off per year. In general people will try to avoid contacting you when you're on holiday; obviously the better you do handing over the less likely anyone is to get in touch with you.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17654781:
Research published last year by Mercer HR suggested there was a statutory minimum of 14 in Spain, 13 in Portugal, 12 in Greece, 11 in France, and nine in Germany and Ireland.
It found US and Australian workers get 10 public holidays, Canadians nine, Chinese 11 and Japanese 15. However, there are regional variations in many of these countries and employment laws differ as to whether workers should be paid for these holidays.
