Hundreds of US Companies to Give Workers Time Off to Vote
Hundreds of US Companies to Give Workers Time Off to Vote

Hundreds of US Companies to Give Workers Time Off to Vote According to Pew Research Center, only 56 percent of eligible voters participated in the 2016 contest.

A conflicting working schedule is one of the main reasons Americans didn't go to the polls.

Nonpartisan coalition Time to Vote is now hoping to help increase U.S. voter participation rates.

383 companies have joined the coalition and are preparing their employees for the 2020 election.

Besides providing information about mail-in voting, some are giving workers paid time off.

One of them is Levi Strauss & Co., who will give paid time off to corporate and retail workers.

Election Day is set for November 3.

Outdoor retailer Patagonia is doing the same.

At Walmart, which has a workforce of over 1.5 million, there will be three hours of paid time off.

Farmers Insurance workers will get two hours of paid time off.

CEO Jeff Dailey, via statement