Working on Thanksgiving? Well, here's the good news…

It used to be that working on Thanksgiving was limited to only those jobs that required critical personnel to work, such as emergency responders, operators of utilities, certain plants that could not shut down, and the like.
However, more and more companies are requiring employees to work on Thanksgiving and that is supposed to be a good thing because it’s a sign the economy is improving, according to BenefitPro’s Dan Cook.

Another sign of a continually improving economy: More employers this year will require some employees to work on Thanksgiving Day than did last year.

That’s the word from Bloomberg BNA’s survey of employers to gage the workplace’s Thanksgiving Day trends for 2015. A year ago, 33 percent said they would require some employees to work on Turkey (or Tofurkey) Day. This year, the number rose to 36 percent.

While an improving economy may not be such good news to those who are required to work on the holiday, at least 82 percent of the surveyed firms will provide employees extra compensation or time off.
And the other 18 percent?…