"We take our social responsibilities seriously and we want to enable our co-workers to take individual responsibility too.



"This benefit will make it a little easier for them to exercise the right to vote in Malaysia’s election. Anyone needing more than one day will be able to apply for annual leave,” said Aldys Kong, IKEA Southeast Asia’s benefits and employment manager.



There are currently around 80 Malaysians working at IKEA branches in the city-state, Channel NewsAsia reported.