The mayors and mayors of all of Spain, as well as the majority of regional parliaments, will be determined in elections next Sunday. 28 May. An election day that coincides with a non-working day for the majority of voters, but for more than four million people across Spain. And about 20% of those employed in Spain work more or less regularly on Sundays, and the State has a number of permits to align their professional responsibilities with voting rights.
Whether they have been appointed for some responsibilities as members or desk chair in the selection process, or whether it is their turn but not their turn. work day It makes it impossible for them to vote if they can’t get permission from their jobs. In this article, we will review the permits a worker can request to vote.
I work on Sundays and need to be a board member or chairman, what should I do?
The law provides for various situations in which a person may be exempted from his duty. board member or chairman during an election. And some of them are business related. The duty to go to the polls to perform one of these functions goes beyond the contractual obligation that person may have with your company. So going to the polls has priority over going to work.
Therefore, unless the assumptions stipulated in the law are met, the worker should go to the polls and not go to work. In the absence of exemption, it is important that the worker requests it. supporting document present it at the ballot box and then to your company. You can also request a receipt on behalf of the company. town hall Where you are registered. Also, let your company know in advance that you must be at the polls that day.
Also, if the worker Night shift The company is obliged, at the request of the person concerned, to change his shift in order to be able to rest the night before the election, the day before the election.
Under what circumstances is a worker exempt from being a board member or chairman?
For starters, these workers basic services Those on duty that day are exempt. This would apply to civil protection, firefighters or police, as well as medical and health professionals, among others. In such cases, a report from the service chief justifying the worker’s absence is essential.
If it is in favor of the worker during the elections temporary disability leave You will be exempted from both going to work and being a board member or chairman. In addition, those who are exempt mom’s and in the period breast-feedinguntil the baby is nine months old.
Another valid argument accepted by the state as an excuse is to have children. under 14 responsible, when it can be proven that the other parent is unable to care for them on election day and the person concerned does not have grandchildren or other older children who can care for them. For example, if both parents are working that Sunday and either of them must attend the polling station.
My program coincides with voting, can I ask permission to vote?
Yes. Law, four hours leave so that the worker can go to vote. The margin that the company is obliged to give to its employee for absenteeism varies according to how long the working day coincides with the opening of the ballot boxes. Each autonomous community arranges this consent in its own way. In the example of Catalonia, it is as follows:
If the working day does not coincide with the voting (from 9 am to 8 pm) or if it coincides but is less than 2 hours, the worker will not be entitled to leave.
you will have permission 2 hours if your working day coincides with voting between two and four hours.
you will have permission 4 hours if your working day coincides with voting for more than 4 hours.
Does the worker have to make up the working hours later?
No. Legal permission to vote, paid vacation Responsible for the company. In other words, the company is obliged to release the employee to exercise his/her voting right and to pay him/her the wages for the hours he/she does not work. It’s illegal to ask you to stay longer the following week to make up for your absence from duty.