Wow, it's really different over there... huge variations from one company to another, and from one state to another. I would have thought there was a law stating the minimum/maximum days of vacation for all Americans. Well, at least most of you get at least 2 weeks of vacation. In my opnion that's not enough to wind down, but I guess with the financial crisis we have, this is not the time to fight for more.

I found this that shows the development over the years:


1919 First demands for holiday entitlement made in connection with collective bargaining.
1920s Workers in a few factories obtain the right to three days' annual leave.
1931 Half of the members of trade unions affiliated to LO (then DsF) obtain one week's paid annual leave in connection with the conclusion of new collective agreements.
1936 In connection with new agreements, a larger share of workers obtain a right to summer holiday with pay.
1938 The Holiday Act gives all employees a right to two weeks' annual leave.
1952 A third week of annual leave is introduced with effect from 1953 in connection with the conclusion of collective agreements.
1971 A fourth week of annual leave is introduced with effect from 1973.
1979 A fifth week of annual leave is introduced.
1995 A new - and more flexible - holiday agreement concluded in the public sector is overruled by the Ministry of Labour, but the following year this leads to deliberations concerning a revision of the Holiday Act.
1998 Two special holidays per year are introduced in connection with the government intervention in the dispute in the private sector bargaining area covered by DA/LO (DK9805168F).
1999 Three special holidays per year are introduced in the agreements concluded in various sectors, including the public sector, to be implemented in the course of the period up to 2002 (DK9903114F).
Spring 2000 Five special holidays per year are introduced in the agreements in the private sector bargaining area covered by DA/LO, to be implemented during the period up to 2003. The sixth week of annual leave is thus a reality - without being holiday in the sense of the Holiday Act.
May 2000 New Holiday Act is passed. It introduces a higher degree of flexibility, in the form of the possibility to enter into agreements to transfer one week of annual leave to the following holiday year.


A little more info: http://www.working-in-denmark.com/La...ions-1036.aspx