A vast majority of employers give their employees a paid holiday in observance of Labor Day, according to BLR's 2007 Survey of Employee Benefits.
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Labor Day is one of the most common paid holidays. For example, among exempt employees, Thanksgiving (97 percent), New Year's Day (96 percent), and July 4 (96 percent) are the only three holidays that are observed by a greater percentage of employers.
For more information about what paid holidays are observed by employers, visit Compensation.BLR.com's Benefits Center.