NewsAll employees should be granted special leave to vote at the forthcoming local government election on February 10, Chairman of the Election Commission Mahinda Deshapriya was quoted as saying. According to the government news portal the made these disclosure citing Section 84(a) of the Local Authorities Elections Ordinance (Chapter 262) regarding the duty of employers to grant leave to employees to vote. The Chairman has reproduced the relevant section below for information of Employers and Employees. In terms of the provision of the above Section every employee who applies for leave in writing to cast his vote should be given leave. The period of leave so granted should be treated as special leave without loss of pay and also outside the normal entitlement of leave.

Source: Sunday Times January 31, 2018 03:45 UTC