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WRS stories about “holidays”

=== A man is reading a book while he's lying in his deck chair in the lido at the Woerthersee near Klagenfurt, Austria, on September 20, 2006. (KEYSTONE/Gaetan Bally) === , ===
Have Swiss workers earned extra holidays?
Wednesday, 27 May, 2009
At least 100,000 signatories to a new petition feel that their hard work should be rewarded with an increase to six weeks’ mandatory holidays - and who wouldn’t? Labour group Travail Suisse argue that increased productivity and higher stress levels should be rewarded with more time off. But could this be used by employers as an excuse to lower pay? Conor Lennon spoke with Eva Lindner who’s co-ordinating the campaign, and began by asking how two weeks’ extra holidays could be justified.