UK "bottom of the EU holiday entitlement league"

The UK is set to stay at the bottom of the league for holiday entitlement in the European Union, even after a rise to 28 days in April 2009.

The EU's Working Time Directive gives workers in all member states a minimum of 20 days paid leave, but the majority of countries give their workers much more, as a league table compiled by research group Incomes Data Services shows:


Denmark: 39.5 (days off a year); 
Austria: 38; 
Sweden: 36; 
Slovakia: 35; 
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