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Like I added in my edit, there is almost no such case: Sundays are a mandatory day off for most. That means you can't go shopping on a Sunday, except in very fe

by tribaal 10y ago

Like I added in my edit, there is almost no such case: Sundays are a mandatory day off for most. That means you can't go shopping on a Sunday, except in very few shops (train station shops have exceptions). Doctors, pharmacies and most other emergency things operate on a reduced schedule. I'm not certain what would happen if say a nurse working a shift in an ICU was selected. I'm pretty sure it's either announced early enough that the hospital would have to switch shiftees or they would be given a pass for free. I suspect a person working in a train station shop on a Sunday would tell their boss, and would simply be shifted to another time (it's not like the boss or the employee can do anything about it - it's law). EDIT: to clarify once again - I'm pretty sure it does happen, but the case is probably rare enough for it not to matter too much. The rule works for a good 90% of cases, exceptions can certainly be done on a case-by-case basis at community level.

JorgeGT 10y ago
In Spain, where the system is similar to what you described (staff for the day is chosen at random from all citizens in that voting district, and similar to jury duty), some professionals (doctors, nurses, air controllers, etc.) can decline the request if they will be on watch, and there are assigned replacements for them. A non-critical worker cannot refuse but: a) Chosen citizens are paid, even if not much (60€ I think). b) Chosen citizens have the following Monday morning free, should they need to travel back to their job site, etc. c) Chosen citizens have strong legal protections should their boss try anything. In practice, when an employee is chosen for election duty the boss just deals with it as best as they can, since it's a case where judges and police are super strict: messing with election duty will get you heavy fines and/or jail time. So no-one is going to fire you or retaliate if you are assigned election duty.
aoloe 10y ago
In my current commune of residence, I have been (s)"elected" for that task during a couple of years and: - I never had to show up (there seem to be enough people volunteering...). - If you have good reasons, you can contest the election. (IIRC, formally, I've been elected to that task... but I have no idea who did elect me...).

by tribaal 10y ago

JorgeGT 10y ago

In Spain, where the system is similar to what you described (staff for the day is chosen at random from all citizens in that voting district, and similar to jury duty), some professionals (doctors, nurses, air controllers, etc.) can decline the request if they will be on watch, and there are assigned replacements for them. A non-critical worker cannot refuse but: a) Chosen citizens are paid, even if not much (60€ I think). b) Chosen citizens have the following Monday morning free, should they need to travel back to their job site, etc. c) Chosen citizens have strong legal protections should their boss try anything. In practice, when an employee is chosen for election duty the boss just deals with it as best as they can, since it's a case where judges and police are super strict: messing with election duty will get you heavy fines and/or jail time. So no-one is going to fire you or retaliate if you are assigned election duty.

aoloe 10y ago

In my current commune of residence, I have been (s)"elected" for that task during a couple of years and: - I never had to show up (there seem to be enough people volunteering...). - If you have good reasons, you can contest the election. (IIRC, formally, I've been elected to that task... but I have no idea who did elect me...).