40% Work Some or Most Major Holidays
An overwhelming majority of workers say they have time off for Thanksgiving and Christmas, but a sizable number say they have to work at least some major holidays.
Eighty-four percent (84%) of Employed Americans say their company gives them time off for Thanksgiving and Christmas, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
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The survey of 623 Employed Adults was conducted on December 11-12, 2013 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 4 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.