Each Year 1 Million Employees Let Go of Holiday Entitlement

According to a report, more than a million workers will fail to take all their holiday leave this year.

It found workers will give up a total of 6.2 million days of annual leave, with the average of unused holiday standing at five days, the Daily Mail reported.

Tough for Most Employees to Get Work Done During Holidays
A new survey has found that it may be tough for more than 50% of US employees to get work done between Christmas and New Year's Eve.

The research, commissioned by price comparison website TravelSupermarket, found that more than one in four of those who will shun their remaining holiday entitlement (28 per cent) will do so due to pressures at work.

Nine per cent of the 2,020 people polled also said they would feel guilty about taking the leave because their work would have to be taken care of by their colleagues.

A further three per cent said they would be concerned about how taking time off would look to their employer, while the same proportion said they didn't want to miss out on anything interesting or beneficial at work in the time they would be away.

Study: More Than 50pc Brits Check Work Emails on Holidays for Fear of Losing Job
51 per cent of people in Britain check work emails every day while on holiday and as many as 38 per cent call the office because of fear of losing job in the recession.

Source-ANI

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