The truth about why we don't use all our annual holiday leave
by Moya Sarner from on (#3DEAP)
No one is really too busy to take a break - so why do a third of Brits fail to take four days' leave a year?
It turns out the good people of British Airways are extremely concerned about the wellbeing of the nation's employees, and have commissioned a study to raise awareness of the fact that we are working too hard. More specifically, the fact that we aren't taking enough two-week holidays. Let us all take a moment to appreciate their noble altruism.
Their survey of 2,000 people found that one-third of working Brits did not use up their annual leave in 2017, losing an average of four days each, and 69% of Brits did not take a two-week holiday.
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