We provide a checklist to help employers deal with requests for time off for public duties.
Employees are entitled to reasonable unpaid time off work for public duties.
- Topic of the week: Time off for public duties checklist On receipt of a request for time off work for public duties, the employer should verify that the request qualifies under the statutory provisions. It should also check its own terms to ensure that it does not breach them when deciding whether or not to grant time off.
Also
We explain the rules on time off work in the XpertHR employment law manual.
A table summarising the public positions that attract time off and the purposes for which time off may be granted can be found in the XpertHR quick reference section.
We provide a model Policy on time off for public duties and a Letter confirming time off for public duties in the XpertHR policies and documents section. |
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