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Time Off For Election Day?
By Bizbox
20 days 'til Election Day. If you're like us, you've been near-obsessed with the news; you track the polls; and you're figuring out whom to vote for or enthusiastically advocating for whomever you've decided on.
But if you're a small business owner, Election Day presents you with a different decision: what should your policy be for your employees? Should they have the day off? Should they not? Do you even have a choice in the matter?
Thankfully, the National Federation of Independent Business has put together a great little guide for you.
There is no federal Election Day employment guideline, although many have pushed to make the first Tuesday after the first Monday of every fourth November into a national holiday. But it turns out that several states--most of them, in fact--have some sort of requirement, frequently involving some sort paid leave. The NFIB lists 'em all.
We'd only add the following. There is a great deal to be said for civic participation, of which voting is the most important, because universal, manifestation. And anyway, we're talking about a couple hours on one day that is at most every year or two (Congressional and some senatorial elections are every other year; gubernatorial and other state government races sometimes fall on off years). We hope you'll do what it takes so that, given the way voting works in your states, your employees feel like they can cast their ballots without costing themselves your good graces or any money.
Comments (0)October 15, 2008 6:44 PM
