americans are taking less vacation and more work home some are even working this labor day the ignore vacation trend has been more than 15 years in the making project time off reports and when workers who leave the office they can't unplug 35 of employed online adults say the internet email and cell phones have increased the amount of time they spend working according to the pew research center americans don't use vacation days 41 of americans didn't take a single vacation day in 2015 according to a skiff survey 55 of americans didn't use all of their vacation days in 2015 according to a recent project time off study work holidays more than one third of employers require employees to work on thanksgiving according to a 2015 bloomberg nas survey nearly two in five organizations 39 will require some employees to work christmas or new year's now reports and this weekend 41 of employers will have some staff working on labor day aren't being paid much more data from the economic policy institute published last year shows why workers produce more pay isn't increasing at the same rate middle-class wages are stagnant and wages of young college grads have been declining since 200 the report says can't take paid family leave unlike nearly all countries around the world the us also offers no paid leave for parents as visible in the map by world policy center new zealand france spain and russia are among countries to offer at least 14 weeks of maternity leave paid in full the family medical leave act gives 12 weeks job protected and paid leave but many workers don't qualify for that are worried about their future about a quarter of americans feel that corporate budget cuts slash corporate restructuring will limit their job growth potential over the next five years according to a labor day job growth survey published this year aren't the only ones despite americans worth epic the usa isn't the most overworked country turkey tops that list with mexico not far behind according to the organization for economic cooperation and development the us where workers average about 34.4 hours per week doesn't even make the top five in 2014 the us came in at number 16. you