Dreaming of enjoying la dolce vita in a country where people work to live and not the other way around? Look no further than Italy. The best nation in the world for work-life balance, a tiny 3% of the country's employees toil away for more than 50 hours a week. Free time is more plentiful than in any other nation and workers spend almost 70% of their day away from work.

Workplace benefits are mostly great, with 20 days annual leave along with four Ex Festivitá hours days as the minimum. The number of paid public holidays per year amounts to 12.

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