Public Holiday on Polling Day - 7 May 2011

The Ministry would like to inform that Polling Day, Saturday 7 May 2011 is a public holiday

In accordance with Section 35 of the Parliamentary Elections Act, Polling Day, Saturday 7 May 2011, is a public holiday.

The Ministry would like to inform companies that Polling Day, as a public holiday, should be treated in the same manner as any other public holiday. All employees covered by the Employment Act are entitled to paid public holidays, including the public holiday on Polling Day. If an employee is required to work on Polling Day, he is entitled to an extra day’s salary for the day’s work, or be given another day off. Employees not required to work on that day are also entitled to one day off in lieu, or be given one day’s pay, as per other public holidays falling on a Saturday.

For more information on the Public Holiday provisions under the Employment Act, please click here.