PUTRAJAYA: Employers must give their staff time off to cast their vote if the 13th general election is held on a weekday, says Election Commission (EC) chairman Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof.
“If polling is not on a holiday, employers must release their staff so that they can go out and vote,” he said, adding that the law allowed for each and every eligible citizen to take off to cast their ballots.
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