CEOs Give Employees Paid Time Off to Vote in Midterms
- More than 400 companies say they will help boost voter turnout
- Firms starting to extend corporate responsibility to elections
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A record 44 percent of U.S. firms will give workers paid time off to vote Nov. 6, up from 37 percent in 2016, according to reports from the Society for Human Resources Management.
Millions of workers could be covered by such policies, and if they facilitate voting among people who otherwise wouldn’t, it could affect the outcome of contested races for the House and Senate -- potentially even determine which party controls both chambers -- as well as governor’s races in numerous states.