PITY the Brits. As well as putting up with notoriously bad weather, its workers get a raw deal on public holidays—or so says the Trades Union Congress, the union umbrella body. In calling for extra national holidays, the TUC points to Britain's stingy eight days a year. Other big countries such as America, Japan and Germany are more generous. Spain gives people most time off, with an annual 16 days of fiesta.

AFP