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In September 2008, the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) published a consultation document entitled Standing for Office: Time-Off Entitlements. It is available at www.communities.gov.uk/documents/communities/pdf/976040.pdf.
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Posted November 4th, 2009 | No Comments »
To complement its new statutory Code of Practice on time off for trade union duties and activities, which comes into force from 1 October 2009, the Acas Council has agreed two new guides providing further information on the subject of time off for employee representatives.
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Posted August 19th, 2009 | No Comments »
The final draft of a new detailed Code of Practice on time off for trade union duties and activities has been released on the Acas website. The code has been revised, after consultation, to reflect the changing nature of the British workplace and the effect this has had on time off arrangements for trade union representatives. The Code also provides guidance on time off for Union Learning Representatives.
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Posted July 1st, 2009 | No Comments »
In June 2008, the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS) published Consulting on a new right to request time to train for employees in England. The intention is to give established employees, likely with 26 weeks’ service, a legal right to ask their employer to give them time away from their mainstream duties to undertake relevant training, which their employer would be required to consider seriously.
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Posted February 16th, 2009 | No Comments »
Acas has published a consultation document on a revised Code of Practice on time off for trade union activities and duties. The document also includes a draft Guide on Developing effective employee representation: a guide to managing provisions for time off, training and facilities.
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Posted December 29th, 2008 | No Comments »
The Scottish Government has followed the lead of the UK Government and the Welsh Assembly and, on 28 September 2008, published a consultation document on the proposal to introduce a right for employees in the public and private sectors to request time off to train.
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Posted October 13th, 2008 | No Comments »
