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It’s Open Season
Required Employer Voting Time Policies Include Posting Notice by October 29, 2016
With Election Day rapidly approaching on November 8, 2016, employers should review “time off to vote” regulations and applicable workplace policy. California Elections Code sections 14000-14003 allow employees to take as much time as needed to vote in a statewide election if they have insufficient time to do so outside of their working hours. However, the employer need only compensate maximum of two hours of that time.
Employers may require employees to schedule time off to vote only at the beginning or end of their shift and to submit two working days’ advance notice of the need for such time off.
Employers are also required to conspicuously post a “time off to vote” notice no less than 10 days before every statewide election. This will be Saturday, October 29 this year. This government-issued poster can be downloaded, printed and displayed in the workplace (for other languages, click here).
For more information, please contact one of our attorneys Tim Bowles, Cindy Bamforth or Helena Kobrin.
Cindy Bamforth
October 27, 2016
If you are an employer facing possible litigation, or have an employee issue on which you need immediate guidance, call us to set up a consultation, or submit your message.
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