Time off for trade union duties/activities

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• Type:

  FAQs

  If a union representative works part-time hours, are they entitled to be paid for union duties carried out outside those hours?

• Type:

  FAQs

  How is payment for time taken off for union duties calculated if the union representative's pay normally varies depending on the work done?

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  FAQs

  For what kind of training are union representatives entitled to paid time off?

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  FAQs

  Do employers have to provide facilities to enable union representatives to carry out their union duties?

• Type:

  FAQs

  How much notice must union representatives give to their employer of time off required for union duties?

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  FAQs

  Can an employer refuse time off for union duties or activities at a particular time due to the requirements of the business?

• Type:

  FAQs

  Do union environmental representatives or equality representatives have a right to paid time off to carry out their duties?

• Type:

  FAQs

  If there is more than one union representative in an organisation, are they all entitled to paid time off to carry out union duties?

• Date:

  1 November 1999

  Type:

  Law reports

  Equal pay for time off

  In Davies v Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council (15 September 1999) EOR88D, the EAT rules that a part-time worker who was given time off to attend a full-time trade union course was entitled under European law to be paid as if she were a full-time worker.

• Date:

  1 November 1996

  Type:

  Law reports

  No right to equal pay for time off

  In Manor Bakeries Ltd v Nazir (1 August 1996) EOR70B, the EAT rejects a part-time worker's equal pay claim under EC law in respect of paid time off to attend a trade union conference as a delegate. According to the EAT, Article 119 of the EC Treaty confers a right to equal pay for equal work, and attendance at a union conference is not "work".