If a person registered on the Galician electoral roll wishes to vote next Sunday, February 18 in the elections to the Galician Parliament and has to work as an employee during the day, coinciding at least two hours with voting hours (9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. :00 hours) has the right to paid work leave to exercise his or her right to vote.

As published in the Official Gazette of Galicia on January 19, employed persons with a work schedule that does not coincide with the opening of polling stations, or that coincides in a period of less than two hours, will not have the right to this permission.

On the other hand, if these people have a work schedule that coincides in two or more hours and less than four with the opening period of the polling stations, they will enjoy a two-hour paid leave. If the coincidence with work hours is between four and six hours, the leave will be three hours and if the coincidence is six or more hours, the leave will be four hours.

If the employee is working part-time, the duration of the permit will be reduced in proportion to the relationship between the work day they carry out and the usual day of workers hired full-time in the same company.

For this right to be effective, the worker is obliged to notify the company of his interest in obtaining said special permit. From here on, the voter will be able to leave his/her position for a limited time during which he/she dedicates himself/herself to voting in the elections without incurring a loss of salary.

It is important that at the time of depositing the ballot the voter asks for proof of attendance at the polling station. If you work on Sunday, but are not going to vote and therefore cannot provide proof, you will not be entitled to any leave. And employers will be able to request voting certification from their workers who use these permits.

The employer will be responsible for distributing, in accordance with the work organization, the period in which workers will have permission to vote.

In the event that employed workers choose to vote by mail, they will have up to four free hours in their working hours so that they can personally formulate the request for the certificate of registration in the census, as well as to make the referral. of voting by mail.

Likewise, employed persons appointed as members of the polling stations and those who prove their status as auditors will have, during the day of the vote, full-time paid leave, if they do not enjoy weekly rest on that date. and they will be entitled, in any case, to a reduction in their working day of five hours on the immediately following day. If any of these people have to work the night shift on the date immediately before voting day, the company will change their shift so that they can rest that night.

Likewise, employed workers who prove their status as representatives have the right to paid leave during voting day, if they do not enjoy weekly rest on that date.

In these cases, employers may request accreditation from the polling station to their workers who use these permits.