LRD guides and handbook August 2017

Time off for trade union duties and activities - a guide to facility time

Chapter 5

Members’ access to ULRs

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Members are entitled to time off to access a ULR (section 170(2B), TULRCA). This is not a statutory right to paid time off, so unions will have to negotiate an amount of time off for member access and when it can be paid time off.