More time off?

From WRGFM:

Swiss workers should have an extra week’s holiday to help them recover from
the stresses and strains in the workplace. That is according to the Trade Union
Travail Suisse which is calling for the standard holiday entitlement in
Switzerland to be increased from five to six weeks. Employers, however, are not
impressed and have described the demands as ‘unnecessary and exaggerated.’
Swiss workers are some of the highest paid in Europe but they work some of the
longest hours. By law, we are entitled to four weeks paid holiday a year but
most people manage to take five, which is the European average. However, workers
in France, Germany and Italy have more time off than we do. Travail Suisse says
working life is not a sprint but a marathon and people need more holidays to
relieve the pressure of work and relax. It also helps to redress the balance
between work and home life. The Union is launching an initiative to get six
weeks holiday on the statute books and needs to collect 100,000 signatures in 18
months to call for a nationwide vote on the issue. However, the Swiss Employers
Association is fiercely against any changes and says that workers in this
country have more holidays than those in Britain and the United States and
extending the current holiday entitlement would be at the cost of Swiss
industry.