Interpretation Guidelines Manual
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| ESR Section 35.1 Election Workers |
Contents: Summary Text of Legislation Policy Interpretation Related Information |
| Summary This section excludes election workers from the hours of work and overtime provisions of the Act, except for protection from excessive hours of work.
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35.1 Part 4 of the Act, except section 39, does not apply to persons appointed or retained under section 19(1), 23 or 88(3) or (4) of the Election Act.
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| Policy Interpretation
Voting officers and their assistants who work at advance polls and at voting stations on election day, and voter registration officials (enumerators) who work on a temporary basis before an election are excluded from the hours of work and overtime provisions of the Act, with the exception of s. 39, which provides protection against working excessive hours detrimental to the employee’s health or safety.
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| Related Information Related sections of the Act or Regulation Other |
