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Should Election Day be a national holiday?
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Hornsby, who works out of the firm’s New York office, is taking that message to heart and plans on volunteering at a polling site in the Bronx tomorrow.
The decision to give workers the day off made sense, according to Associated Content’s president Beatty.
“I felt like it was the right thing to do,” he says, adding that he expects those workers who take the whole day off to do something to help the election process.
“When I was in grade school, we were involved in taking people from nursing homes to vote. That crossed my mind,” he says about deciding to give everyone paid leave.
How will he make sure that workers are actually helping at the polling centers or driving people to vote?
“I trust everyone enough here,” he says.
Incentive: A free day off
Some employers are making it hard for workers who choose not to vote.
Bob Mullen, Director of Business Development for Complete Building Corp. in Charleston, S.C., says there are no restrictions on workers on Election Day, so they can take whatever time they need to vote.
But, he adds, “to encourage that they go early and come to work early, the first employee that shows up at the boss’s office with an ‘I Voted’ sticker gets a free day off. If everyone in the office votes and provides their ‘I Voted’ sticker as proof, the company will be treated to a harbor cruise on board the owner’s 60-foot yacht.”
“We think it will be a great time for everyone and further incentive for everyone to partake in their civic duty,” he explains.
The 72 employees at the Atlanta office of public relations firm Edelman will be eligible for a rub down if they do their civic duty.
“In Georgia, we receive a small sticker that has become a tradition to wear around all voting day,” says Ed Patterson, vice president at the firm. “For those in our Edelman-Atlanta office who vote on that day and wear their sticker, our general manager is providing an onsite massage therapist to help us all relax after a long election cycle.”
Amen to that!
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