(1) For the period of work in electoral bodies, employees may request time off from their basic place of work in accordance with Article 97.3 of this Code and the Election Code.

(2) The employer, irrespective of the legal form of organisation, shall be obliged to allow employees to carry out activities in electoral bodies, including attending meetings of electoral bodies, if they are held during working hours, under the conditions of this Code and the Election Code. The decisions establishing and confirming the nominal composition of the electoral bodies and, where appropriate, the decisions on the release of employees shall serve as a basis for carrying out activities in the electoral bodies.

(3) Employees relieved of their work duties and employees not relieved of their work duties who participate during working hours in the meetings and electoral procedures of the electoral bodies to which they belong shall be guaranteed to keep their job (position) and their full or partial salary at work.

(4) Employees working in electoral bodies shall be granted a day off, as a rule, immediately following election day, with maintenance of their average salary at their place of work.

(5) During work in electoral bodies, employment (service) relations may not be terminated or changed (suspended) except at the initiative or with the consent of the employee, except for termination of employment (service) relations in circumstances beyond the control of the parties.

(6) Employees working as election officials shall also benefit from other guarantees established by this Code, electoral and tax legislation.