Around the US, a growing number of companies have started offering "social justice PTO" — a few days each month to protest, vote, and participate in marches in addition to their normal vacation and sick days.
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On May Day, Facebook is letting employees take paid time off to join pro-immigrant protests
To celebrate workers' rights, Facebook is giving its own staff the freedom to attend pro-immigrant protests and rallies on May 1.
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On May 1, International Workers' Day (also known as May Day), Facebook is testing the waters by letting employees attend pro-immigrant rallies without fear of repercussion. In a statement to KTVU, Facebook said staff can use their paid time off to join a May Day demonstration.
In addition, the valet app Luxe, babysitter locator Helpr, Burton Snowboards, and Patagonia all offer employees some amount of time to ditch work to support causes they care about, Fast Company reports.
Companies may be getting more socially conscious in response to their employees' desire for personal expression. Twenty- and thirty-somethings tend to be far more inclined to speak out about injustices (even if it's on social media) and much less likely to accept the status quo as fixed.
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Employers, looking to keep those workers happy, may be responding with a perk they actually care about.
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