TWITTER GIVES WORKERS DAY OFF TO VOTE IN NATIONAL ELECTIONS
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Twitter says it will give its U.S. employees Election Day off going forward and employees around the world paid time off to vote in national elections.
TWITTER GIVES WORKERS DAY OFF TO VOTE IN NATIONAL ELECTIONS

The San Francisco company said that if employees don’t have enough time to vote outside of working hours in their country, it will compensate them for the time it takes to do so.

Twitter Inc. stressed though that employee's responsible for election-related work, including the security of its service, will continue to work on these days.

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