Rights relating to activities involving unions

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Practice notes

Rights relating to activities involving unions

Published by a LexisNexis Employment expert

Practice notes
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A number of individual statutory rights may arise in specified circumstances relating to the activities of a trade union:

  1. trade union officials are entitled to reasonable paid time off during working hours to undertake certain specified trade union duties (see Time off for trade union duties, below)

  2. similarly, union learning representatives are entitled to reasonable paid time off during working hours for certain specified learning and training purposes (see Time off for union learning representatives, below)

  3. union members are entitled to take time off during working hours for trade union activities. 'Trade union activities' is a wider concept than 'trade union duties', but there is no statutory right to be paid in respect of time off for trade union activities (see Time off for trade union activities, below)

  4. employers must not subject workers to any detriment on grounds relating to union activities or the use of union services (see Right not to be subjected to detriment on union activities or union services grounds, below), and must not dismiss workers on such grounds (see Right

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United Kingdom
Key definition:
Trade union definition
What does Trade union mean?

The name given to an organisation that represents the employment rights of a group of employees in a particular industry or company.

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