As you may have heard by now, there is an election coming up! And despite your weariness with the phone calls, the idiotic ads and the door to door campaigning, as an employer, you have one more thing to handle. Yes, you do have to let your employees go and vote. And no, you cannot dock their pay. However, as an employer, your obligation is to provide all your employees with 3 consecutive hours off to vote. Given most polls are open at least 12 hours on election day, it is certainly possible to work around this.
Don't risk the $2,000 fine by failing to provide this 3 hour window to your employees. In fact, the $2,000 fine might be preferable to the 3 months of jail time that could be a consequence of interfering with the Canada Elections Act.
And finally...go out and vote yourself...exercise your Constitutional right!
Don't risk the $2,000 fine by failing to provide this 3 hour window to your employees. In fact, the $2,000 fine might be preferable to the 3 months of jail time that could be a consequence of interfering with the Canada Elections Act.
And finally...go out and vote yourself...exercise your Constitutional right!
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