Voting Rights, Paid Leave, Employment Policies

Employer Voting Leave Obligations

Troutman Pepper on 10/20/2020

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

Election Season and the Workplace, Part 2: Political Leave Laws

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace on 10/17/2020

With Election Day just around the corner, we are highlighting some of the issues facing employers in a series of posts on election-related issues. In our first installment, we looked at employee protections around political...more

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

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 4/14/2020

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

Employers Must Allow Employees to Vote

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 3/10/2020

With presidential primaries under way and New York’s own primary vote scheduled for April 28, employers should be cognizant of last year’s amendments to New York’s Election Law, which increased the paid time off that...more

Canada’s Federal Election: What Employers Need to Know About Employee Time Off to Vote

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 10/18/2019

Canadians are headed to the polls for a general election on October 21, 2019. As is the case with provincial elections, employers have certain obligations to permit employees who are qualified electors (Canadian citizens over...more

New York State Election Leave Amendments

Stokes Wagner on 6/27/2019

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