Basic Human Right

From talking to travellers I've met over the years, I understood that there's no mandatory or legislated minimum annual leave (holidays) for employees.  I confirmed this with the timeshare people and they said that one would be lucky to get a week annual leave after five years service!  And when people get tight with their budget, the first option is often to forfeit their annual leave!

How can this be?  Even some third world countries have these requirements. 

Wake up, people ... do something to change this!  For a traveller like myself, this seems so inhumane and unacceptable  :-(