Time Off to Vote Notices
California Elections Code section 14001 requires employers to post a notice to employees advising them of their right to paid leave for the purpose of voting in statewide elections. Employers must post the employee notice ten (10) days before a statewide election. With this year’s general election scheduled for November 5, 2024, that means the employee notice must be posted no later than October 26, 2024.
The employee notice must be conspicuously posted in the workplace, or in a location where it can be seen by employees as they enter or exit their place of work.
Employees are eligible for paid time off to vote, but only if they do not have sufficient time outside of working hours to vote.
Polls are open from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Employees can be given as much time off as they need to vote, but only a maximum of two (2) hours must be paid. Employers may require that employees give two (2) days’ advance notice that they will need time off for voting. Employers may also require time to be taken off only at the beginning or end of an employee’s shift.
Election information, along with employee notices in languages other than English, can be located at the California Secretary of State’s website or by clicking here .
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