CBIA’s 2013 Holiday Survey

CBIA surveyed its members to determine their paid holiday schedule for 2013. Following is a summary of the most popular days designated as paid holidays. In addition, a number of companies gave between 25 paid days as floaters or personal holidays, including birthdays.

Of the 172 companies that responded to the survey, 100 were manufacturers and 72 were nonmanufacturers.

Below is a breakdown of the respondents by number of employees:

		%
1 – 24		2%
25 – 74		47%
75 – 149		22%
150 – 249		14%
250 – 499		11%
500+		4%
Total		100%

1. New Year’s Day (Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013)

		%
Yes		100%
No		0%
Total		100%

2. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Birthday (Monday, Jan. 21)

		%
Yes		13%
No		87%
Total		100%

3. Presidents’ Day (Monday, Feb. 18)

		%
Yes		28%
No		72%
Total		100%

4. Good Friday (Friday, March 29)

		%
Yes		59%
No		41%
Total		100%

5. Memorial Day (Monday, May 27)

		%
Yes		99%
No		1%
Total		100%

6. For Independence Day (Thursday, July 4), we plan to:

		%
Observe the holiday only on Thursday, July 4		67%
Observe the holiday on Thursday and Friday (July 4 and July 5)		27%
Close the facility for the week (July 1 – July 5)		3%
Other		3%
Total		100%

7. Labor Day (Monday, Sept. 2)

		%
Yes		99%
No		1%
Total		100%

8. Columbus Day (Monday, Oct. 14)

		%
Yes		11%
No		89%
Total		100%

9. Veterans Day (Monday, Nov. 11)

		%
Yes		5%
No		95%
Total		100%

10. Thanksgiving (Thursday, Nov. 28)

		%
Yes		99%
No		1%
Total		100%

11. Day after Thanksgiving (Friday, Nov. 29)

		%
Yes		79%
No		21%
Total		100%

12. Christmas Eve (Tuesday, Dec. 24)

		%
Full day off		40%
Half day off		19%
Company closes early		28%
Other*		13%
Total		100%

*Most companies in this category will be open for business as usual. Some left open the option of closing early depending on business needs.

13. Christmas Day (Wednesday, Dec. 25)

		%
Yes		99%
No		1%
Total		100%

14. Will your company close the week of Dec. 23 – Dec. 27?

		%
Yes		18%
No		82%
Total		100%

15. How many days of vacation time (or other personal time) will you require employees to use during the shutdown?

		%
1		5%
2		19%
3		57%
4		19%
Total		100%

16. New Year’s Eve (Tuesday, Dec. 31)

		%
Full day off		25%
Half day off		14%
Company closes early		34%
Other*		28%
Total		100%

*Most companies in this category will have a regular workday. Some will treat it as an extension of their shutdown.

17. New Year’s Day (Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2014)

		%
Yes		98%
No		2%
Total		100%