My company is giving us 3 hours of Paid time off for Voting on any day of our choice ..

[Le Roi de Pot]

Also included .. If COVID or other factors cause 3 hours to be insufficient - just let your manager know !!



I love my workplace ... The CEO ( a Republican) called Trump an Idiot in the company meeting

[FreeState]

1. If your in CA this is required (up to two hours)

and it has to be posted in the workplace 10 days before the election:

The California Elections Code section 14001 requires employers to post a notice to employees advising them of provisions for taking paid leave for the purpose of voting in statewide elections. A sample of this notice, as well as a notice to employers regarding time off for voting is available below as a PDF download or, you may call the Elections Division at [phone] to order posters of the notices.

Employers must post the employee notice 10 days before a statewide election. A statewide election is an election held throughout the state. For a list of upcoming statewide elections, please visit our upcoming elections web page.

The employee notice must be posted either in the workplace or where it can be seen by employees as they enter or exit their place of work.

Employees are eligible for paid time off for the purpose of voting only if they do not have sufficient time outside of working hours to vote. The intent of the law is to provide an opportunity to vote to workers who would not be able to do so because of their jobs.

Polls are open from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Employees can be given as much time as they need in order to vote, but only a maximum of two hours is paid.

https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/time-vote-notices

[Le Roi de Pot]

2. We are HQ'ed in NYC - but have offices nationwide including some swing states

[Massacure]

3. Doesn't CA's law only really apply to people who work 12 hour shifts?

If you work something like 7-3:30, 8-4:30, or 9-5:30 the employer can say you had at least two hours to vote after your shift and that is sufficient time outside working hours to vote. Being scheduled to work 12 hours is the only scenario I can think of where someone would not have "sufficient time outside working hours" to vote.

[SoCalNative]

4. A lot of people in CA

commute long distances to their workplaces, sometimes spending 2-3 hours in the car each way. That's just one instance of not having time to vote outside of work.