JEFFERSON CITY, MO. -- After Gov. Jay Nixon said that he will not sign an executive order to allow state workers to take off the day after Thanksgiving with pay, it was up to individual employers to grant the day off. (Read more)
The Senate president pro tem granted the Senate staff the day after Thanksgiving off.
"Here in the Senate we have less than 200 employees, but half of those employees actually report to individual senators so in their case its actually up to their individual senator whether or not they would work that day and then for senate staff that is up to the President Pro Tem," Senate Communications Director Farrah Fite said. (Read more)
The House speaker did not grant the House staff Black Friday off.
The Capitol building and the governor’s office will be open and working on Black Friday.
State employees will need to use vacation time to get Black Friday off.
What do you think: Should getting the day after Thanksgiving off be decided by individual employers or a gubernatorial mandate?
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