Twitter Declares National Election Days Around The World As Paid Holidays

Twitter Inc. TWTR will grant its employees around the world paid holidays for the national elections of their countries, CNBC reported Tuesday.

What Happened

Any national election that falls on a working day will be a paid holiday, the social media company told workers in an internal memo accessed by CNBC.

This includes the 2020 United States presidential general election, to be held on November 3, a Tuesday, where the company will keep all its offices in the country shut, the memo said, as reported by CNBC.

Employees whose work is essential for elections-related functions such as platform security will still need to report to work, the company said.

The San Francisco-based company earlier this week declared Juneteenth a paid holiday.

Rival Facebook Inc. FB has announced a voter information campaign, which it says will enable as many as 4 million citizens to register to vote.

Price Action

Twitter shares closed 1.7% lower at $32.91 on Tuesday and were down another 0.3% in after-hours at $32.80.