Voting Leave
The College encourages employees to fulfill their civic duties. Employees who do not have sufficient time outside of their working hours to vote are eligible for leave necessary to vote in certain elections. Employees who have at least four consecutive hours between the opening of the polls and the start of their shift, or the end of their shift and the closing of the polls will be deemed to have sufficient time to vote outside of their working hours. Employees are entitled to up to two (2) hours of paid leave to go vote. Any time required to vote beyond the two (2) hours will be unpaid. The leave must be taken at the beginning or the end of an employee’s shift, unless otherwise agreed to by the College and the employee. Employees seeking to take leave to vote are required to notify their supervisor and/or Department and/or Division Head, and The Office of Human Resources at least two working days, but not more than ten working days, prior to the election.