Updating author: Darren Newman

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Summary
Future developments
Action point checklist
Key references
Questions and answers
Time off work
Trade union officials
Trade union members
Safety representatives
Pension scheme trustees
Employee representatives
Redundant employees
Young persons (for study or training)
Public duties
Members of EWCs and SNBs
Antenatal care
Parental leave
Dependants
To accompany at disciplinary and grievance hearings
Members of the Volunteer Reserve Forces
Trade union learning representatives
Complaints to an employment tribunal
Dismissal or selection for redundancy

Summary

3.1529 Employees (and, in some situations, workers) have the legal right to be permitted a reasonable amount of paid or unpaid time off work to enable them to carry out their official functions or for other designated purposes (see 3.1531 Overview). That right extends to:

• trade union officials (shop stewards, etc); (See 3.1532 Trade union officials)
• trade union members; (See 3.1533 Trade union members)
• safety representatives; (See 3.1534 Safety representatives)
• pension scheme trustees; (See 3.1535 Pension scheme trustees)
• employee representatives; (See 3.1536 Employee representatives; and the Transfer of undertakings section)
• redundant employees; (See 3.1537 Redundant employees)
• young employees pursuing studies or training leading to a 'relevant academic or vocational qualification'; (See 3.1538 Young persons (for study or training))
• Justices of the Peace and members/officials of specified public bodies; (See 3.1539 Public duties)
• members of European Works Councils (EWCs) or 'special negotiating bodies' (SNBs); (See 3.1540 Members of EWCs and SNBs)
• pregnant employees needing antenatal care; (See 3.1541 Antenatal care and the Pregnancy and maternity rights section)
• parents of a child under the age of five (or an adopted child under the age of 18); (See 3.1542 Parental leave)
• employees with responsibilities for dependants; (See 3.1543 Dependants)
• workers accompanying other workers at disciplinary and grievance proceedings; (See 3.1544 To accompany at disciplinary and grievance hearings)
• members of the Volunteer Reserve Forces; (See 3.1545 Members of the Volunteer Reserve Forces)
• trade union learning representatives.