Pay while voting
Does a employer have to pay a employee while that employee is voting in a general election? Does this effect both Salary and Non-Salaried employees?
1 answer | asked Nov 2, 2004 09:24 AM [EST] | applies to Ohio
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An employer does not have to pay employees during voting time, but must allow employees time to vote
An employer must give employees a "reasonable" amount of time away from work to vote and cannot terminate an employee for voting, so long as the amount of time to do so was reasonable. In light of the reports of record turnout and long lines in the 2004 presidential election, a reasonable amount of time is probably 1 to 1 1/2 hours.
An employer does not, however, have to pay employees for the time taken to vote.
posted by Neil Klingshirn | Nov 2, 2004 11:07 AM [EST]
An employer must give employees a "reasonable" amount of time away from work to vote and cannot terminate an employee for voting, so long as the amount of time to do so was reasonable. In light of the reports of record turnout and long lines in the 2004 presidential election, a reasonable amount of time is probably 1 to 1 1/2 hours.
An employer does not, however, have to pay employees for the time taken to vote.
posted by Neil Klingshirn | Nov 2, 2004 11:07 AM [EST]
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