Health and Safety Law 2024 (October 2024)
The regulations were made under the Trade Union Act 2016, which also contains “reserve powers” allowing a minister to make regulations capping the total amount of paid facility time in the public sector, or where the organisation’s activities are mainly publicly funded, including time off for safety reps carrying out their statutory functions under the SRSCR. However, these reserve powers have not yet been used.
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