#ElectionsCanada - Federal Election - April 28, 2025 #Canada 🍁
REMINDER
By law, everyone who is eligible to vote must have 3 consecutive hours to cast their vote on election day. If your hours of work do not allow for 3 consecutive hours to vote, your employer must give you time off.
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REMINDER
By law, everyone who is eligible to vote must have 3 consecutive hours to cast their vote on election day. If your hours of work do not allow for 3 consecutive hours to vote, your employer must give you time off.
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✅ Make Election Day a national holiday
For example, if you live in a riding where voting hours are from 9:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. and you usually work from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., your hours of work will not allow for three consecutive hours for voting. To give you three consecutive hours to vote, your employer could allow you to arrive
late (for example, at 12:30 p.m.), let you leave early (for example, at 6:30 p.m.), or give you three hours off at some point during the work day.
Can an employee lose pay for taking time off to vote?
No.
Employers cannot penalize an employee or make a deduction on their pay for taking
https://www.elections.ca/content2.aspx?document=faqtimo&lang=e§ion=faq