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Fixing Your Voting Policy: A Snapshot of Voting Leave Laws

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The 2024 Presidential Election will be here before we know it, with Super Tuesday around the corner. With the changing landscape of voting laws and the controversies surrounding the last election, people are paying more...more

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Reminder: CT Employers Must Allow Time Off to Vote

Election Day is November 8 this year. Connecticut employers should be aware  that a statute passed in 2021 requires them to provide their employees with two hours of unpaid time off to vote during the hours of 6:00 am and...more

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Election Year Issues in the Workplace

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While the COVID-19 pandemic has changed some aspects of how the 2020 Presidential election is conducted, employers are facing many of the same questions they have faced in the past, such as whether they are required to give...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Indigenous People’s Day and Voting Rights

 In honor of Indigenous People’s Day, attorney and tribal citizen Sarah Roubidoux Lawson (Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska) shared some background on the timely topic of voting rights, highlighting some of the issues...more

Burr & Forman

Voting Leave Laws

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Do you know what your state requires when it comes to allowing employees time off to vote? Find out which states require voting leave and what employer actions might interfere with employees’ voting rights. ...more

Cranfill Sumner LLP

How to Handle Politics in 2020

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The past eight months have been unique to say the least.  In a matter of weeks, employees started working from home, businesses drastically changed their business models, and employers figured out how to balance health...more

Littler

Dear Littler: What are our voting leave obligations?

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Dear Littler: We are a nationwide company with some employees working at our brick-and-mortar locations and some employees working remotely due to the pandemic. With the election coming up, employees in various states are...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Election Day Is Fast Approaching – Have You Prepared?

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As Election Day approaches and despite the anticipated uptick in absentee ballots, employers should ensure they are in compliance with state law requirements related to employee voting rights. While not all states impose...more

Epstein Becker & Green

COVID-19 Trend Watch: Employers Respond to Employees’ Voting Concerns with New PTO and Other Election-Related Policies

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As has been true for so many issues arising from the COVID-19 pandemic, growing concerns about safely voting in the 2020 elections are beginning to permeate the workplace, prompting employers nationwide to create or revise...more

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New York State Election Law Reverts Back to Two Hour Paid Time Off Requirement

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Seyfarth Synopsis:  Last year, as part of the New York State FY 2020 Budget, Section 3-110 of the New York State Election Law was amended to increase the amount of paid time off that employees could take to vote in any...more

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What are Employee Entitlements and Employer Obligations During the Upcoming Canadian Federal Election?

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The Canadian federal election is just around the corner—Monday, October 21, 2019 (Election Day). The Canada Elections Act sets out the law regarding employees’ voting entitlements on Election Day, as well as employer...more

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New York State Election Leave Amendments

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Last month New York Governor Cuomo approved amendments to the state’s election laws that provide employees with up to three hours of paid leave on election days. In order to qualify, employees must be registered to vote and...more

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Reminder to Post New York State Election Leave Notices

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As we discussed here, New York State passed an amendment to its election leave law as part of the state’s 2020 budget. This law is now in effect and provides that: (i) registered voters must be granted leave of up to three...more

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Making Your Employees’ Votes Count: Employer Obligations on Election Day

With just days to go before the 2018 midterm elections, candidates are sending out their final pleas for voters’ endorsements and employers are taking steps to ensure that their employees have the ability to voice their...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Have You Reviewed Your State’s Voting Leave Laws?

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Today is Tuesday, October 30th, 2018, marking less than a full calendar week until the polls open across the country for the 2018 elections. (This, of course, doesn’t include the many states that offer some form of early...more

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Employers: Get Out the Vote!

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On Tuesday, November 6, 2018, registered Massachusetts voters have the opportunity to elect candidates for state and federal office and decide statewide ballot questions. While early voting has already begun, there is still...more

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