IMelika inenkinga ekhulayo "yokuncishwa amaholide": Abasebenzi baseMelika bashiye izinsuku ezingamaholide ezingama-768 ezingasetshenziswanga etafuleni ngo-2018, zenyuka ngo-9% kusuka ngonyaka owedlule. Futhi izigidi ezingama-236 zalezo zinsuku zalahlekelwa ngokuphelele, sezizonke zingaphezu kwezigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama- $ 65 zezinzuzo ezilahlekile.
Ukubhekana nalolu daba nokukhuthaza abaseMelika ukuthi babeke ibalazwe lesikhathi sabo sokuphumula kanye nezinhlelo zokuhamba unyaka wonke, izinkulungwane zezinhlangano zezokuvakasha ezweni lonke zigubha Uhlelo Lukazwelonke Losuku Lweholide (NPVD) ngoJanuwari 28 ngamathiphu, izinsiza zokuhlela, imibono yendawo , nezinye izikhuthazo kubantu baseMelika ukuze bathole okuningi ngesikhathi sabo abasitholile.
Idatha ikhombisa ukuhlela phambili kubalulekile — hhayi ukusebenzisa sonke isikhathi sakho ungekho, kodwa ukusisebenzisa kahle. Iningi labasebenzi baseMelika (83%) bafuna ukusebenzisa isikhathi sabo sokuphumula ukuvakasha, kepha yimindeni engaphezudlwana nje kwengxenye yemindeni ethatha isinyathelo esibalulekile sokuhlala phansi ukuhlela amaholide abo.
Kungakho i-US Travel isungule iThuluzi Lokuhlela Ukuphumula elihlanganyelwayo ukusiza abaseMelika ukuthi bagxume ekuhleleni. Ngokufaka inani labo lezinsuku abazitholile, abasebenzisi bangahlela uhambo lwabo noma amaholide abo onyakeni, bakuthumele kwelinye izwe emsebenzini wabo noma kukhalenda yabo, bese babelana nemindeni yabo kanye nalabo abasebenza nabo.
“Njengesikhulu esiphezulu, akungikhathazi nje kuphela ukubona i-imeyili 'engekho ehhovisi' - ngikhuthaza engisebenza nabo ukuthi babhale phansi ukuthi balisebenzisa kanjani iholide labo,” kusho uMongameli kanye noMphathi Omkhulu Wezokuvakasha wase-US uRoger Dow. “Isikhathi sokuphumula sibalulekile emsebenzini osebenza kahle ngoba usinikeza ithuba lokuvuselela amandla ethu siphinde sixhumane nomndeni nabangane, siphinde sibone izwe lethu elihle futhi elihlukahlukene. Abasebenzi abazinika isikhathi sokuhlelela kusengaphambili baletha amandla amaningi futhi angcono emsebenzini. ”
Abasebenzi baseMelika abahluleka ukuhlela ukuzidela kwabo ngeholide nangohambo hhayi kuphela isikhathi sabo abasisebenzele kanzima, kepha futhi nezinzuzo eziningi zomuntu siqu nezomsebenzi ezitholakala ngeholide. Amaphuzu okucwaninga kubahleli abanenzuzo kunabangasihleli ekusebenzeni komsebenzi kanye nempilo yomzimba nenhlalakahle. Ucwaningo lukhombisa ukuxhumana phakathi kokuhlela nobudlelwano obuqinile bomuntu nabangane nomndeni.
Abantu baseMelika bathathe izinsuku ezijwayelekile eziyi-17.4 ngo-2018 — eziphakeme kunangonyaka owedlule (17.2), kodwa besezingeni eliphakathi nezinsuku ezingama-20.3 ezithathwe phakathi kuka-1978 no-2000. Izinkampani eziningi nezinhlangano ziyakuqaphela ukukhokhelwa emsebenzini amaholide angaba nakho: bethula amasabatha kanye nezinye izinhlelo zokusebenza ezilinganiselwe zomsebenzi ezenziwa ngababambiqhaza nezinhlangano ukuthi zibonise imiphumela — kubandakanya ukuzibandakanya okunamandla, ukukhiqiza kanye nenzuzo.
Kukhona nezinzuzo zezomnotho zokuhamba okwandayo okudlula okwakho nobuchwepheshe. Uma abasebenzi baseMelika basebenzise isikhathi sabo sokuphumula ukuyobona iMelika, imali engaphezu kwemali eyizigidi ezingama- $ 151 ekusetshenzisweni kwemali eyengeziwe yokuhamba ingangezwa emnothweni wase-US, kudaleke imisebenzi eyengeziwe eyizigidi ezimbili.
