Western Australian Current Acts

ELECTORAL ACT 1907 - SECT 196

196 .         Employer to allow employee leave of absence to vote

        (1)         If an employee who is an elector notifies his employer before the polling day that he desires leave of absence to enable him to vote at any election, the employer shall, if the absence desired is necessary to enable the employee to vote at the election, allow him leave of absence without any penalty or disproportionate deduction of pay for such reasonable period not exceeding 2 hours as is necessary to enable the employee to vote at the election.

        (2)         No employee shall, under pretence that he intends to vote at the election, but without the bona fide intention of doing so, obtain leave of absence under this section.

        (3)         This section shall not apply to any elector whose absence may cause danger or substantial loss in respect of the employment in which he is engaged.