Voting Requirements for Employers

By HRWatchdog – CalChamber

All employers, regardless of size, must display a poster describing voting leave requirements at least 10 days before every statewide election, which is included in CalChamber’s convenient all-in-one California and Federal Employment Notices Poster.

Second, employees who lack sufficient time to vote outside of working hours may legally take up to two hours of paid time to vote in a statewide election. California’s Voter’s Choice Act may make it difficult for employees in participating counties to justify a lack of time — since ballots can be mailed in with prepaid postage and voters can cast a ballot at any voting center within their county (the county where your employee is registered to vote rather than the county where they work determines whether the Voter’s Choice Act applies). Under California law, for an employee to take paid time off to vote in person, the:

Employee must notify the employer at least two working days in advance to arrange a voting time; and
Time must be taken at the beginning or end of the shift, whichever allows the most free time for voting and the least time off from working, unless otherwise mutually agreed upon.

Finally, business owners can inform employees about the impact of proposed state legislation, regulations and ballot measures — as long as they do it the right way. For instance, employers may not include political information with paychecks, or reward or punish employees (or threaten to do so) for their political activities or beliefs.

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