Voting at election - Employees must be granted paid leave: EC

Voting at election - Employees must be granted paid leave: EC

Employers should grant leave to both public and private sector employees for the purpose of voting at presidential election on the basis of special full pay leave, Election Commission said .“In terms of the provision of Section 110 of Act No.15 of 1981 on the granting of leave to employees to enable them to cast their vote at the presidential election, the period of leave so permitted should be considered as special full pay leave in the case of all employees including casual employees and should be outside the employees' normal leave entitlement,” it said.

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