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.

• 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.

• EAT decides working time includes attendance at union meetings

  Date:

  12 May 2015

  Type:

  Law reports

  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.

• Employment tribunal decides attendance at union meetings is not "working time"

  Date:

  7 November 2014

  Type:

  Law reports

  Two trade union representatives working night shifts claimed that the time they spent attending union meetings during the day was "working time" and so they were entitled to an 11-hour rest period from the end of the meetings until the start of their next night shift. The employment tribunal rejected this claim.

• Case round-up

  Date:

  1 October 2014

  Type:

  Law reports

  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.