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TIME OFF BY LAW
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ei DRAFT Code of Practice on time off for trade union duties tnd activities published last iveek gives practical guidance )n the application of the time )ff provisions (Sections 57 and i8) of the Employment Pro.ection Act.
If the draft Code — prepared ay the Advisory Conciliation Lnd Arbitration Service ACAS) — is approved by 'arliament before Christmas, he Secretary of State for Emiloyment, Albert Booth, inends to bring the Code into ffect on April 1, 1978.
Section 57 requires em,loyers to allow an employee Liho is an official of an inependent trade union recogised by the employer to take asonable time off work with ay to undertake relevant inustrial relations duties.
Paid time off must also be iven to such officials (shop tewards) to undergo training industrial relations which is ..levant to those duties and is pproved by the TUC or the nion.
Section 58 requires an e—mtoyer to give reasonable time rf to trade union members for rtain activities for which the me off may not be paid.
The draft Code, produced 'ter extensive discussions ith employers and trade lions, including the CBI and UC, urges employers and :lions to review their arngements for handling time and for the necessary aining of shop stewards.
Industrial relations duties talifying for time off with Ly include: collective bar.ining with the appropriate /el of management; informg constituents about neLtiations or consultations; 2etings with other lay offiuls or with full-time trade lion officers on relevant Itters; interviews with and behalf of constituents on grievance and discipline matters concerning them and their employer and representing constituents before an outside body, such as an industrial. tribunal.
It also includes explaining to new employees the role of the trade union and industrial relations procedures.