This country gives workers 49 paid days off a year—here's how the US compares

In Bahrain, workers can take up to 49 days off a year without losing any of their salary thanks to a combination of 30 annual paid vacation days and 19 paid public holidays. That's the most in the world. In the U.S., workers are legally entitled to zero paid vacation days and zero paid public holidays. That's because the U.S. is one of 16 countries that doesn't have any federal regulations around paid time off and the only economically-advanced nation in the world that does not.