Time off for trade union duties/activities

New and updated

• Time off work

  Type:

  Employment law manual

  Updated to reflect that the Time Off for Public Duties Order 2018 is in force from 1 October 2018, extending the right to unpaid time off work to perform public duties to four groups of volunteers in the criminal justice system.

• Time off work: health (England and Wales)

  Type:

  Employment law manual

  Updated to include a link to the government website where data submitted by public-sector employers relating to facility time will be published.

• Time off work: health (Scotland)

  Type:

  Employment law manual

  Updated to include a link to the government website where data submitted by public-sector employers relating to facility time will be published.

• The consequences of trade union recognition: local authority

  Type:

  Employment law manual

  Updated to include a link to the government website where data submitted by public-sector employers relating to facility time will be published.

• Trade union facility time off reporting requirement for public sector takes effect

  Type:

  Legal timetable

  Updated to include government guidance on the Trade Union (Facility Time Publication Requirements) Regulations 2017.

• 'Facility time' reports due from public sector employers in July

  Date:

  15 May 2018

  Type:

  News

  Public sector employers have just a few more weeks to publish information on individuals' time off to carry out a trade union role.

• Policy on time off for trade union learning representatives

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to take into account the new duty on public-sector employers to publish trade union facility time, effective from 1 April 2017.

• Facilities and time off for trade union duties and activities agreement

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to highlight the impact of the General Data Protection Regulation in force from 25 May 2018, on this document.

• Handle a request from a trade union representative for time off to carry out his or her duties

  Type:

  Tasks

• Working time: Time attending trade union and health and safety meetings constituted working time

  Date:

  1 August 2015

  Type:

  Law reports

  In Edwards and another v Encirc Ltd [2015] IRLR 528 EAT, the EAT held that the time employee representatives spent attending trade union and health and safety meetings constituted "working time" under the Working Time Regulations 1998.