Canadians Are Vacation Deprived

The decline is in part caused by the growing number of entrepreneurs and contract workers who don't get vacation time, said Beverly Beuermann-King, a stress expert who runs the company Worksmart Livesmart. She also said the competitive and growing economy is a factor. Forfeited holidays a $5B boon to business "People are just finding there's too much to do and not enough time to do it," Beuermann-King told CBC News Online in an interview. "And they get caught up in the business, and time passes, and they find they haven't taken any vacation time." That's why Sharon Carnegie, a sales executive with Central Reproductions Ltd. in Mississauga, Ont., hasn't taken a vacation since September 2004. She said the work pace in the major cities is hectic, and has gotten worse over the years, especially in sales. http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2006/05/18/canadian-vacation-days.html [Proofreader's note: this article was edited for spelling and typos on May 22, 2006]

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