E-3.3 - Election Act

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249. Every employer shall, upon written request, grant a leave without pay to an employee who acts as the official agent of a candidate. The request may be made at any time from the receipt by the returning officer of the nomination paper of the candidate for whom the employee acts as official agent.
Every employer shall, upon written request, grant a leave without pay to an employee who acts as the official agent of an authorized party. The request may be made at any time from the date of the order instituting the election.
The employee’s leave begins on the day requested by the employee and ends on the one hundred and twentieth day following polling day.
The employee may terminate his leave at any time.
1989, c. 1, s. 249; 2001, c. 2, s. 19.
249. Every employer shall, upon written request, grant a leave without pay to an employee who acts as the official agent of a candidate. The request may be made at any time from the receipt by the returning officer of the nomination paper of the candidate for whom the employee acts as official agent.
The employee’s leave begins on the day requested by the employee and ends on the one hundred and twentieth day following polling day.
The employee may terminate his leave at any time.
1989, c. 1, s. 249.