The ACAS code of practice makes it clear that organisations should allow reasonable time of for those who are elected representatives. This is more the case in times when there are pending reorganisations and as we all know there will be many of these soon especially in the public sector.
I covered this subject before on this blog and argued against the tax payers alliance who argue that TUs get too much time off http://www.strongerunions.org/2010/07/01/facility-time-here-we-go-again/ . This is a nonsense argument one that I was very much familiar with when employed in the public sector. One of the ways I dealt with arguments from management side about taking time off was to present my line manager, in my early days from 1988 to 1991 with a weekly schedule of meetings and casework it was he who pointed out after a while that it was better for someone so extensively involved with TU work to be recognised as being on TU duties. The thing here is to force the employer to see that a situation where a rep has to present a weekly schedule is unmanageable.
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