Band 6+: The table below shows the minimum number of public holidays that companies are required to give their full-time workers in six countries in 2016. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words.

The table illustrates the minimum numbers of public holidays that required for their full-time workers in six countries in the year 2016.

It is clear that the workers in Finland had the highest number of paid holidays, whereas Japan had offered the least paid holidays.

Looking at the information in more details, we can see that the Finland employees had 36 days of paid holidays, comprising 25 days of paid vacation and 11 days of paid public holidays. In contrast, Japan offered only 10 days paid vacation with no paid public holidays. Similarly, full-time workers in Sweden also had only 25 days of paid vacation with no paid public holidays.

Moreover, Australian workers received 20 days paid vacation and 10 days paid public holidays, with a total of 30 days paid holiday. This is slightly lowered than Finland’s workers with differed by only 6 days. A comparison between China and USA employees, both entitled 16 days and 20 days of paid holidays, respectively. In detail, the paid vacation in China was 5 days and was double that for the paid vacation in USA. China workers offered 11 days paid public holidays and USA workers received 10 days paid public holiday.