Posted on 05/27/2009 8:54:51 AM PDT by reaganaut1
Forty-eight percent (48%) of U.S. voters favor a federal law requiring companies to provide paid vacation for all full-time and part-time employees, but most don’t think it would be good for the economy.
Thirty-eight percent (38%) oppose a law mandating paid vacation, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. A Florida Democratic congressman is planning to introduce such a law in the House this week.
Fifty-two percent (52%) of all voters believe most companies already provide paid vacations for full-time employees. Twenty-four percent (24%) do not think that is true, and another 24% are not sure.
More than three-out-of-four voters (76%) nationwide say it should be a company’s decision how much vacation time to provide for its workers rather than one made by the government. Just 14% say the government should determine how much vacation time a company’s workers get.
Support for mandated paid vacation drops dramatically when the government starts determining how much time-off an employee should get. Only 31% [48% of Dems, 16% of Republicans, and 27% of Independents] of all voters support a law such as the one in France that requires companies to give all employees 30 days of paid vacation time.
Fifty-seven percent (57%) oppose requiring companies to pay all employees for 30 days of vacation each year.
Just 27% of all voters think a law requiring companies to provide paid vacation would be good for the economy. Forty-two percent (42%) say such a law would hurt the economy, while another 21% say it would have no impact.
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Sixty-nine percent (69%) of Democrats think a law requiring paid vacation is a good idea, but 55% of Republicans disagree. A plurality of voters not affiliated with either party also oppose such a law by an eight-point margin, 45% to 37%.
(Excerpt) Read more at rasmussenreports.com ...
I want a 6 month paid vacation, my choice of job and salary, and a nice house, a car, and a yacht.
If I don’t get it it’s the fat cat’s fault.
I had two hundred fourty field days last year, another seventy or so assembling reports. It was a busy year. This year I expect roughly 180 field days, if all goes well.
It’s all about power ... Nothing complicated.
I appreciate your answer, but power to do what?
whre is the joy in telling adults what to do?
in crashing civilization? in destroying the rich and empoverishing the poor?
They just turn everything they touch ( and is touched by them) to #%&*.
Many will realize this when the Obama depression begins.
And a free pony.
What business is it of the government. That is between me and my employer. Why don’t these politicians just go back to running the country and let our businesses take care of themselves
“Rasmussen should have included, “...and would you be willing to pay for these vacations by raising YOUR taxes?”
Also, “Would you support such a law if it results in further layoffs or less new hiring of employees by businesses to defer the costs of this government mandate?”
Power over people ... Hadn’t changed since the beginning of time.
When everyone has an equal “outcome” (a typical socialist word) then everyone will be an Equal Slave of the State.
This is one of the most ironic artcles I have read here. That Rasmussen would poll on this topic as companies are furloughing employees so they can keep their jobs.
The Govt has done such a great job with GM and Chrysler...let’s have more intervention/sarc of course
This reminds me of another irony. My friend thot the Kenyan’s COBRA benefits extension & premium increase cap were a great idea until the company from which her husband was laid off went out of business....
I wonder if you can sue yourself at that point. Or maybe you’ll just go to jail for not giving yourself a paid vacation.
;D!
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