Sep 03, 2018

Question of the Day: What percent of employees get paid holidays as a benefit?

Answer: 76%

Thanks to NGPF Fellow Brian Page (listen to his podcast here) for sending along this very timely idea on Labor Day. 

Questions:

  • Do you think paid holidays are a valuable employee benefit? Explain. 
  • What types of jobs do you think offer paid holidays as a benefit?
  • What do you think are the holidays that companies typically pay for? 

Click here for the ready-to-go slides for this Question of the Day that you can use in your classroom.

Behind the Numbers (From Bureau of Labor Statistics):

Over 3 in 4 civilian workers2 (76 percent) received paid holidays in March 2017.3 Paid holidays cost employers an average of 74 cents per employee hour worked.4 Among civilian workers who received paid holidays, 92 percent received Labor Day as a paid holiday, with 91 percent of private industry workers and 96 percent of state and local government workers receiving the holiday.

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Tim's saving habits started at seven when a neighbor with a broken hip gave him a dog walking job. Her recovery, which took almost a year, resulted in Tim getting to know the bank tellers quite well (and accumulating a savings account balance of over $300!). His recent entrepreneurial adventures have included driving a shredding truck, analyzing executive compensation packages for Fortune 500 companies and helping families make better college financing decisions. After volunteering in 2010 to create and teach a personal finance program at Eastside College Prep in East Palo Alto, Tim saw firsthand the impact of an engaging and activity-based curriculum, which inspired him to start a new non-profit, Next Gen Personal Finance.

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