POLLING-DAY PAY FOR ELECTION STAFF

15th February 2016 - Less than a minute read

Just so that you know,

When Local Authority staff undertake election duties, ‘leave with pay,’ is common practise throughout England and Wales, with all flavours of local authority.

This arises out of a simple supply and demand issue just like in the famed ,’real world’, of the private sector.

Not so many people want to start work at 6.30 in the morning and work through to 10.00 in the evening, (15.5 hours), and if you don’t pay enough you don’t get enough people to do it.

Anyone can apply for the job, so if you want to do it there’s nothing stopping you.