{"id":140,"date":"2016-11-02T16:45:12","date_gmt":"2016-11-02T20:45:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/thelegaldish\/?p=140"},"modified":"2020-08-04T16:41:04","modified_gmt":"2020-08-04T20:41:04","slug":"is-your-restaurant-or-bar-compliant-with-californias-voting-laws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/thelegaldish\/2016\/11\/02\/is-your-restaurant-or-bar-compliant-with-californias-voting-laws\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Your Restaurant or Bar Compliant with California\u2019s Voting Laws?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>By Allegra A. Jones<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Since the 2016 election is less than one week away, all employers in California, including restaurants and bars, should have already posted the required <a href=\"http:\/\/elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov\/\/pdfs\/tov-english.pdf\">notice\u00a0<\/a>informing employees of their right to time off to vote, either in the workplace or where it can be seen by employees as they enter or exit the workplace.\u00a0 (Cal. Elec. Code \u00a7 14001.)<\/p>\n<p>In California, employees are entitled to two hours of paid time off to vote if they don\u2019t have<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/thelegaldish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2016\/11\/IMG_0581.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-141 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/thelegaldish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2016\/11\/IMG_0581-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"img_0581\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/thelegaldish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2016\/11\/IMG_0581-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/thelegaldish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2016\/11\/IMG_0581-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a> sufficient time outside of working hours to vote. (Cal. Elec. Code \u00a7 14000.) The polls in California are open from 7 AM to 8 PM. Paid time off should be at the beginning or end of the employee\u2019s shift, whichever allows the most free time for voting and the least time off from the regular working shift, unless the employer and employee agree to another arrangement.\u00a0 A maximum of two hours is paid, though employees may take additional unpaid time off if it\u2019s needed to vote. Employees must provide notice two working days prior to the election if, on the third working day before the election, they know or have reason to know they will need leave.\u00a0 (Cal. Elec. Code \u00a7 14000(c).)<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>If you encounter problems at the polls or have questions about access to voting, you may call the nonpartisan organization, Election Protection, at 866-OUR-VOTE, for free assistance regardless of party affiliation or state.<\/p>\n<p>For information about employee voting laws in other states, please see this Duane Morris <a href=\"http:\/\/www.duanemorris.com\/alerts\/election_day_employers_review_obligations_regarding_employee_leave_rights_1116.html\">post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Disclaimer: This Alert has been prepared and published for informational purposes only and is not offered, nor should be construed, as legal advice.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Allegra A. Jones Since the 2016 election is less than one week away, all employers in California, including restaurants and bars, should have already posted the required notice\u00a0informing employees of their right to time off to vote, either in the workplace or where it can be seen by employees as they enter or exit &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/thelegaldish\/2016\/11\/02\/is-your-restaurant-or-bar-compliant-with-californias-voting-laws\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Is Your Restaurant or Bar Compliant with California\u2019s Voting Laws?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[181,6,54,12,28],"ppma_author":[201],"class_list":["post-140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-allegra-a-jones","tag-bay-area-restaurants","tag-california-law","tag-california-restaurants","tag-employment-law"],"authors":[{"term_id":201,"user_id":6,"is_guest":0,"slug":"duanemorris3","display_name":"Duane Morris","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/843ff6e7a8fe5fc92109b47a45f34b6cf0ea499e6e788db23456c838b0ae6747?s=96&d=blank&r=g","0":null,"1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":"","8":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/thelegaldish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/thelegaldish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/thelegaldish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/thelegaldish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/thelegaldish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/thelegaldish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/thelegaldish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/thelegaldish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/thelegaldish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/thelegaldish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}