Time Off to Vote?

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The State of Michigan stands silent on laws governing time off for employees to vote. Employees are not required nor permitted, by law, any time off to cast their ballot. Thus, as an employer you can mandate that that employees vote during non-working hours. You are entitled to “dock” non-exempt employees for any time they take off during the workday to vote. You must remember not to dock your exempt employees for any time they take off to vote. Doing so would amount to a deduction from pay. A deduction from pay potentially voids the exempt status of that position.
The bigger question then is, “Should you allow your employees to vote during the work day?” As someone who would like to see a much higher rate of participation I could be easily drawn into that line of thinking. Yet, the economic hardship this could cause to a business is real and must be balanced with its desire to support their employees civic duty. Since Michigan stands silent, business owners are each given the opportunity to decide what works best for their organization. Regardless of what each business decides, I hope that the business owners and employees alike take the time, either during working hours or on their personal time, to cast their vote in this years election.
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