Time off for trade union duties/activities

New and updated

• Type:

  Contract clauses

  Facilities and time off for trade union duties and activities agreement

  Updated to reflect the publication of draft regulations affecting check-off in the public sector, due to come into force on 9 May 2024.

• Type:

  Employment law guide

  Time off work

  Updated to reflect that the Carer's Leave Act and the Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay) Act 2023 have received Royal Assent.

• Type:

  How to

  How to deal with time off for trade union representatives

  Practical guidance on dealing with time off for trade union representatives, including guidance on the right to time off for trade union members for union activities.

• Type:

  Policies and procedures

  Time off for trade union learning representatives policy

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

• Type:

  Tasks

  Handle a request from a trade union representative for time off to carry out their duties

• Date:

  12 May 2015

  Type:

  Employment law cases

  EAT decides working time includes attendance at union meetings

  The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has held that the employment tribunal adopted an unduly restrictive approach when deciding that the time spent by two trade union representatives attending union meetings during the day was not "working time". The EAT said that the correct approach is to take into account the aims of the EU Directive relating to working time.

• Date:

  1 October 2014

  Type:

  Employment law cases

  Case round-up

  David Malamatenios is partner, Linda Quinn, Colin Makin and Krishna Santra are senior associates, and Dominic Speedie is an associate at Colman Coyle Solicitors. They round up the latest rulings.

• Type:

  Tasks

  Handle union members' right to time off to take part in union activities

• Type:

  Tasks

  Handle a request from a trade union learning representative for time off to carry out their duties

• Date:

  1 August 2010

  Type:

  Employment law cases

  Case round-up

  Ceri Hughes, David Parry, and Carly Mather, associates at Addleshaw Goddard, detail the latest rulings.