11/14/2017 1 Comment Annotated Bibliography Research Question:
Should the United States grant multiple weeks of paid vacation for its citizens? Where to Invade Next. Dir. Michael Moore. Narr. Michael Moore. Do Eat Dog Films, 2016. Online. This first source for my research paper is the film/documentary "Where To Invade Next?". The film is about how other countries like Germany, Italy, and Slovenia do certain things better than in the United States. And when i say "things" I mean policies and major topics in our society today like our prison problems. This source is relevant to my research paper based on he visits the country of Italy where they people there have a standard of more than three weeks of paid vacation compared to the US having none. Kasperkevic, Jana. “Why is America so afraid to take a vacation?” The Guardian, Guardian News and Media, 7 Sept. 2015, www.theguardian.com/money/2015/sep/07/america-vacation-workaholic-culture-labor-day. This article talks about how why the United States doesn't have paid vacation and most of all why its because of the United States workaholic culture compared to other countries. This explains a real scenario where Femia a employee for a not-for-profit company and she cant seem to get a long enough paid vacation. This source is relevant to my research paper because of how they go over why America is the way it is with its weird take on paid vacation. Pawlowski, A. “Why is America the 'no-Vacation nation'?” CNN, Cable News Network, 23 May 2011, www.cnn.com/2011/TRAVEL/05/23/vacation.in.america/index.html. This article talks about how even though Americans get a good number of holidays off for work they still dont get any or little paid vacation at all. This brings real statistics and information on how Americans work like robots compared to other countries. This source is relevant to my research paper because of how it talks about Americans in this day and age work like robots and have little to no rights when it comes to having paid vacations. Linn, Allison. “No Paid Time Off? Welcome to 'No-Vacation Nation'.” CNBC, CNBC, 28 May 2013, www.cnbc.com/id/100769597. This article talks about how specifically other countries policies on paid vacation compared to the United States no policy on paid vacation. This source brings more authentic information about policies and laws from other countries on their ideas and takes on paid vacation. This source is relevant to my research paper based on how they specifically talk about other countries compared to ours on paid vacation. Altonji, Joseph G. and Jennifer Oldham. "Vacation Laws and Annual Work Hours." Economic Perspectives, vol. 27, no. 3, 2003 3rd Quarter, p. 19. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com.libdb.dccc.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=f5h&AN=10809729&site=ehost-live. This article talks about laws and regulations regarding vacation hours in the United States. This source explains multiple different laws about vacation time and also about the max hours people are allowed to work for full time working people. This source is relevant to my research paper based on how they analyze different United States Laws on vacation time and annual working hours for full time workers. Glover, Marjorie M. and David Gallai. "Paid Vacation and Sick Time." Employee Benefit Plan Review, vol. 70, no. 3, Sept. 2015, p. 3. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com.libdb.dccc.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=f5h&AN=109040716&site=ehost-live. This article written by Marjorie Glover is about paid vacation and sick time in the United States compared to other countries policies on this. This source brings valid information on vacation time policies from the point of view of a person that owns a company and has 16 employees in different states across the country. This source is relevant to my research paper based on how they specifically talk about how some states have different regulations on vacation/sick time.
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Sabatino
11/15/2017 03:03:48 pm
This annotated bibliography provides some insight into your topic. Questions:
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