Employers Take Note: Certain Employees Entitled to Paid Time Off to Cast Vote in Provincial Election

Election Update: Is Your Employee Entitled to Paid Time Off to Vote?

May 24, 2018 · 3 min read

The Ontario provincial election will be held on June 7, 2018. Under the Ontario Election Act (Act), eligible employees are entitled to three consecutive hours during voting hours in order to vote. Learn more in this FTR Now.

Provincial Election 2011: Employers’ Obligation to Provide Paid Time Off to Vote

September 27, 2011 · 3 min read

The provincial election will be held on October 6, 2011. For most of the province, voting hours will run from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. For electoral districts that lie “entirely west of the meridian of 90º W. longitude” (i.e. in the Central Time Zone), voting hours will run from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m….