Employees must be allowed time off, with pay, to vote. State law allows for time to travel to the polling place, cast a vote and return to work. Employees are required to notify their supervisor, in advance of Election Day, of their request for paid time off to vote. The employee will work with the supervisor to find a mutually acceptable time during the day to afford the employee this right. The request for time off should reasonably allow for an employee to get to their designated polling place, vote and return to work. If an employee chooses to vote on their way to work, travel time prior to voting will not be paid, but voting time and travel to work will be paid. If an employee does not return to work after voting, travel time after voting will not be paid.
(See Minnesota Statute 204C.04: Employees; time off to vote)
Revised August 10, 2017