(1) The following shall be exempted from their obligation to work under the law and shall be entitled to absence pay to be paid by their employer:

a) members of a polling station commission and of a local election commission in a settlement with a single polling district, on voting day and the next day;

b) members of a polling station commission under section 292 (1), on voting day and the next day as well as on the day of vote counting; and

c) members of an election commission that counts the vote, on the day of vote counting.

(2) Employers may apply to the local election office for the reimbursement of the absence pay payable to the members of election bodies referred to in paragraph (1) and the related contributions within five days following the day of vote counting.