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Friday, September 19, 2008
Get paid by your employer to perform community service?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The September 11th forum on national service that featured both the Democratic and Republican presidential nominees raised an interesting question. With many American workers already putting in very long hours on the job, and then going home to meet the demands of their family, who has time for community service anymore?
Time magazine’s Rick Stengel suggested that perhaps employers should allow their employees paid time off to perform community service, like Timberland’s popular Path of Service program. The company offers 40 hours of paid volunteer time each year.
Would you take advantage of paid time off to volunteer? Do you think that more companies should follow Timberland’s example or do you think it will lead to a disruption in productivity?
