Interest in the upcoming presidential election is at an all-time high and a record turnout is expected at the polls.   Indiana employees who intend to vote must do so on their own time.  Indiana employment law does not require employers to provide time off from work to vote.   Indiana is one of 21 states that do not have a time off to vote law.  
 

A survey of the state statutes that require employers to provide time off to vote reveals a wide variation in the employment rights afforded to employees.  Some states require that if you are a registered voter, your employer must give you time off to vote.  Other states, however, require time off be provided only if the employee does not have enough time to cast a ballot outside regular working hours.  Some states require that the time off be paid, while others do not have this requirement.  For example, Kentucky permits employees to be absent up to four hours during poll hours on Election Day.  Kentucky employers, however, may specify the hours the employee takes off and are not required to pay for time off to vote.

Unfortunately, however, Indiana does not provide any employment law voting rights to its workforce.  If you need additional information about employee voting rights in other states, you may contact the Indiana employment law attorneys at Gibbons Jones, P.C.

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