Poll: 48% Favor Government-Mandated Paid Vacation, 42% Say it Will Hurt The Economy; 55% of Republicans disagree, voters not affiliated with either party also oppose such a law by an eight-point margin, 45% to 37%
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.
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