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Fisher Phillips

Do Your Employees Get Time Off to Vote? A State-By-State Guide for Employers

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Election Day will be here before we know it, and with record-breaking turnout expected in some states, it's essential to understand your obligations regarding employee voting leave. Do you know the rules that apply to your...more

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

Election Day is Just Around the Corner. Employers: Are You Complying with Applicable State Voting Leave Laws?

We are less than 100 days away from Election Day 2024, so it is critical for employers to ensure that they are following applicable voting leave laws in the states where they have employees....more

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It’s An Election Year: Understanding Restrictions on Employer Actions Regarding Employee Political Activity

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Seyfarth Synopsis:  In six months, the U.S. presidential election will take place and inevitably employee views on the elections and election issues will make their way into the workplace.  In yesterday’s highly polarized...more

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Obligaciones Patronales durante la Jornada Electoral

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En el marco de las próximas elecciones del 2 de junio, queremos recordarles la importancia de cumplir con las obligaciones patronales establecidas en la Ley Federal del Trabajo para garantizar que todos los trabajadores...more

Maynard Nexsen

Know Your State’s Voting Leave Laws

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2024 is an election year, which brings with it challenges in the workplace and legal considerations for employers. As the year progresses, employers should be mindful of state laws concerning voting leave for employees,...more

Butler Snow LLP

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

Littler

Ontario, Canada: Some Employees May Be Entitled to Paid Time Off to Vote in June 2nd Provincial Election

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The 2022 Ontario general election will take place on June 2, 2022.  Voters will elect members of the provincial government to serve in the Legislative Assembly. Under Ontario’s Election Act, every employee who is...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

It’s Not a Presidential Election, But Employers Still Have Obligations

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As Election Day approaches, employers should ensure they are in compliance with state law requirements related to employee voting rights. While not all states impose requirements on employers, some impose time off obligations...more

FordHarrison

New Connecticut Employment Laws

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As is Connecticut’s tradition, several new laws took effect on October 1, 2021, including a number affecting the employment relationship....more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

Accommodating Employee Requests To Vote In An Unprecedented Election

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While we are not willing to predict the outcome of next Tuesday’s election, we think that there is fair chance that 2020 will shatter voter participation records based on the number of early votes that have already been cast....more

Maynard Nexsen

Employees Voting in the Upcoming Election

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With the election coming on Tuesday, Nov. 3, a large number of Americans are expected to cast their ballots. The United States Election Project estimates that a record-setting 150 million – or 65 percent of the U.S....more

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Employer Obligations Relating to Employee Voting

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As Election Day (November 3, 2020) nears, it is important for employers to be aware of their legal obligations relating to their employees’ right to vote. Below is a chart showing key provisions of the laws of the 50 states...more

Troutman Pepper

Employer Voting Leave Obligations

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Q: What should my company know about employers’ voting leave obligations?...more

FordHarrison

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

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Getting Ready for Election Day: Employee Voting

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Election Day is right around the corner. While many employees may choose to vote by mail, chances are you may have employees requesting time away from the workplace (or a remote work set-up) to vote in person. Now is a better...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

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Strange Times: Employment Implications of a Contentious Election During a Pandemic

With the 2020 election season in full swing, key issues are being debated and discussed across the country, and not always in the form of polite discourse. One subject that is not up for debate, however, is an employer’s...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

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

Littler

Puerto Rico’s New Electoral Code Creates Two Hours of Paid Voting Leave

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Puerto Rico Governor Wanda Vázquez recently signed into law Puerto Rico’s new Electoral Code, Act No. 58 of June 20, 2020 (Act No. 54-2020). The Electoral Code includes noteworthy changes to employees’ voting rights....more

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New York State Again Revises Paid Election Leave Law

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As we previously reported, last year, New York State expanded its election leave law to allow employees more paid time off if needed in order to vote on Election Day (increasing the paid time off from two to three hours). ...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

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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