Industrial Relations Training. (a) A Union Delegate recognised under this clause will be entitled to:
Industrial Relations Training. (a) A Union Delegate recognised under this clause will be entitled to:
(b) up to five (5) days of paid leave in their first year as a Union Delegate; and
(c) up to five (5) days of paid leave for each following year that they are a Union Delegate, to undertake training that will assist them in their role.
(d) The nature and time of taking such leave will be agreed between the Union Delegate, Union and Employer to minimise any adverse effect on the Employer’s operations. The Employer will not unreasonably withhold its agreement under this clause.
9.1 To ensure that the Parties are aware of the terms of this Agreement, and to assist in the avoidance of a dispute, or in any resolution of a dispute, a copy of this Agreement will be retained by the Employer at all times for ready access by any Employee on-site.
9.2 The Employer will provide a permanent copy of this Agreement for each Union Delegate.
9.3 A copy of this Agreement must be provided to an Employee upon request and be provided to all new Employees prior to commencing employment.
Industrial Relations Training. (a) In order to encourage co-operative workplace relations and facilitate the operation of this Agreement, Employees who have been selected by their union(s) to attend training courses on industrial relations and/or health and safety shall be entitled to a maximum of five days paid leave per calendar year for that purpose, providing that agency operating requirements permit the granting of such leave. Such leave shall not be unreasonably withheld.
(b) However, leave of absence on full pay for such purposes in excess of five days and up to 10 days may be granted in that year and in the subsequent year not exceeding 10 days.
(c) This leave shall be deemed to be service and shall not adversely affect employment for any purpose.
(d) The Employer shall not alter the position of an Employee to the detriment of the Employee by reason only that the Employee is attending such courses.
(e) Such leave shall be granted under the following conditions:
(i) That all applications for such leave be accompanied by a statement from the union(s) indicating that the union(s) has nominated the person concerned for the course, or supports the application.
(ii) That leave of absence granted under this provision shall be on full pay. Full pay is the rate of pay under this Agreement for normal rostered hours plus experience/service payments plus allowances which are deemed to be part of pay for all purposes but excluding shift work, overtime and other allowances.
(iii) That expense associated with attendance at the courses such as fees, accommodation and meal costs are not the responsibility of the Employer.
(iv) Leave of absence granted under this provision may include any necessary travelling time in normal hours immediately before or after the course.
(v) That two weeks period of notice is provided to the Employer.
(f) For the purposes of the clause, an industrial relations training course includes any course:
(i) conducted by or with the support of a recognised industrial relations training provider; and/or
(ii) conducted by or under the auspices of an association of unions, the scope, content and level of which contribute to a better understanding of industrial relations.
Industrial Relations Training. 9.1 Reasonable requests for time off with pay will be granted to union officials to attend approved training courses convened by UNISON or the TUC. Such requests should be made to the Human Resources Manager. Unpaid release may be granted to attend courses solely focussed on union business.
Industrial Relations Training. (a) A Union Delegate recognised under this clause will be entitled to:
(b) up to five (5) days of paid leave in their first year as a Union Delegate; and
(c) up to five (5) days of paid leave for each following year that they are a Union Delegate, to undertake training that will assist them in their role.
Industrial Relations Training. (a) In order to encourage co-operative workplace relations and facilitate the operation of this Agreement, Employees who have been selected by their union(s) to attend training courses on industrial relations and/or health and safety shall be entitled to a maximum of five days paid leave per calendar year for that purpose, providing that agency operating requirements permit the granting of such leave. Such leave shall not be unreasonably withheld.
Industrial Relations Training. 3.1. Local representatives will be granted (paid) time off to attend an initial basic training course referred to in the ACAS Code of Practice such as the TUC basic course for staff representatives or a similar in-house course offered by the recognised trade union. In the case of the latter, this will be conditional on the Council being entitled to examine the syllabus and the course being no longer than the TUC equivalent.
3.2. Representatives nominated to attend any other Trade Union sponsored course will normally be granted time off without pay, subject to the exigencies of the service.
Industrial Relations Training. 4.1. Representatives nominated by their Trade Unions to attend either a TUC approved training course or a similar internal Trade Union course, will be granted paid time off for this purpose (see para. 4 of Guidance). Management should normally be given at least 3 weeks notice of such nominations and a copy of the training syllabus if requested.
Industrial Relations Training. 6 Local/staffs’ side representatives within the collective bargaining machinery will generally be granted leave of absence with pay to attend one or other of the following courses:
Industrial Relations Training. 7.5.1 Should a need for Industrial Relations Training be identified between the company and the employees elected representatives, the company will seek to provide this training. Any such training would be up to four days duration and obtained from commercial training providers as part of the companies standard program of externally sourced training.
