LRD Booklets

Latest booklet: Time off for trade union duties and activities - a legal guide (August 2010)

In order to properly represent their members at work union reps need time off to carry out their duties and activities, as well as for suitable training for their role. This fully updated booklet explains all the legal rights union and workplace representatives have to time off and the circumstances when they will be paid. Case law is used throughout to illustrate specific circumstances.

LRD Booklets all issues

The popular LRD Booklets provide invaluable information on a range of trade union and labour movement concerns. An average of 10 or 11 booklets are produced each year. There are guides to issues that are permanently on the trade union agenda - such as health and safety, state benefits and sick pay - as well as rapid analysis of new developments affecting trade unionists - such as new employment laws and codes.