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Originally Posted by HeartsOfFire
Today is election day.
Those of you working today, do not forget you have the legal right to vote, even on company time. Canadian law demands that if you cannot make it to your polling station due to the hours you work, your employer must grant you three (3) hours paid time off to go and vote without consequence or reprimand.
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Technically, what the law demands is that you have three hours during which time the polling stations are open to go and vote.
So, since I believe that most polling stations are open until 8:00pm, if you are off work at 5:00pm you are good. Similarly, since they mostly open at 9:00am, if you start work at 12:00 or later, you are also good.
This election should have minimal impact on anyone's work day, unless you are working a 12 hour shift that overlaps the election.