YAHOO POLL: Do you prefer getting a day off or an off-in-lieu?
Polling Day for the upcoming General Election is confirmed for 3 May which is a Saturday.
As Polling Day is a public holiday, companies should treat it in the same manner as any other public holiday. This means, if you're not working on that Saturday, you should be entitled to either a day off or time-off-in-lieu to make up for the public holiday you missed out on.
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For some companies it may just be easier to set the Monday (5 May) after the General Election as a holiday for employees who were not scheduled to work on Polling Day. That would at least be in line with the Ministry of Education's (MOE) move to make 5 May a school holiday.
But for the employees who do not have children in school, a better solution could be to give them the choice of an off-in-lieu. This way, they can decide when to use that precious extra day of rest.
So, we want to know from you: Do you prefer getting a day off or an off-in-lieu?
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