Among other changes, the reform will put and end to the collective vacations for appeal courts.

Workers in hazardous production processes still enjoy certain privileges reduced working hours, extended annual vacations, early retirement.

Early release and vacations of prisoners sentenced for domestic violence are discussed in joint committees held in four districts.

Collective contracts and internal rules determine the concrete criteria for length of annual vacations, taking due note of the minimum number of days.

Personally, I love taking more and more vacations. But I cannot (and do not) then complain if my income does not grow faster and faster.

We go to meetings in the present tense we go on family vacations in the present tense we go to the polls and vote in the present tense.

But computers, they can. They don't need coffee breaks, they don't need vacations, they don't need to go to sleep at night, they don't ask for raises either.

Destinations marketed that way may have gained in popularity, increasingly in the form of low price package vacations that encouraged the development of mass tourism , but earned very low returns.

If you're a mom trying to manage a budget, and oil was 150 dollars a barrel last summer, and it's somewhere between 50 and 70, do you plan vacations? How do you buy?

When men quite frequently sacrifice their vacations for studies (20 ), women mainly combine their study and working time (89 ) and choose themselves the courses they want to participate in (50 of women, 34 of men).

So, lower participation in the labor force explains half of the difference, and longer vacations for those who do work accounts for the other half. The importance of vacation time should come as no surprise to anyone who has experienced Europe's deserted cities in August, the three week vacation bridges in April and May in France and Italy, the rush hours that take place every Friday at 2 PM in German cities, and crowded ski slopes in February due to winter school vacations.

When people acquire expensive cars, designer clothing, and opulent houses, they generally seek social recognition. When couples or friends give gifts to one another or take vacations together, they perform economic transactions inspired by affiliation and care.

Crises are in part about gamesmanship, about taking the other side by surprise. A country poised to embark on some radical and uncharted course of action often believes that vacations produce additional scope for delaying or frustrating the other side s counter move.

They enjoy watching the wealthy, savoring the thought of their fine homes, luxurious vacations, fancy cars, and gourmet dining. But if you infer from this that people spend a lot of time planning the lifetime accumulation of their own wealth, you would be wrong.

But much of this discussion is merely a form of political correctness. It is more reassuring and feels better to tell Europeans that growth is sluggish because society is not sufficiently knowledge based, rather than pointing to the trade off between vacations and growth.

To this end, several methods and types of information can be used, including the collection and analysis of statistics on national and international tourism flows, the classification of consumers according to socio economic factors and type of vacations, and the definition of behavioural patterns.

If your debt becomes unsustainable because you borrowed too much to take long vacations or buy expensive appliances, your bad behavior is to blame. The same applies to corporate firms some have bad luck and their business plans fail, while others borrow too much to pay their mediocre managers excessively.

Virtually all the difference between the US on one side and France and Germany on the other are due to the first two factors, each with roughly equal weight. So, lower participation in the labor force explains half of the difference, and longer vacations for those who do work accounts for the other half.

Finally, there s the usual Indian problem sports administrative bodies and government departments are ridden with patronage and petty bossism, with officials more interested in protecting their turf (and enjoying paid vacations to sporting events) than in promoting athletes. With all these factors, failure in the Olympics, it is suggested, is encoded in our national DNA.

Several factors have prevented high oil prices from affecting the demand for petroleum products in the US in recent years, such as increased government spending, low interest rates, tax breaks, and an increase in real incomes. To be sure, the weaker dollar has forced some American families to spend their vacations in the US instead of Europe.