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A recent study from Eagle Hill Consulting reveals that 48% of U.S. workers don’t expect to use all of their vacation days by the end of this year. It’s not that American employees are anti-vacation, however.

In fact, it’s quite the opposite: The same study shows 85% of workers believing it would be beneficial for their employer to mandate employees take a minimum number of vacation days every year, and 37% prefer unlimited vacation policies.

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