Common use of Paid Union Meetings Clause in Contracts

Paid Union Meetings. Subject to subsections of this clause, the employer shall allow every employee who is a member of APEX, on ordinary pay, to the extent that the employee would otherwise be working for the employer during the meeting, two paid union meetings (each of a maximum of two hours' duration) in each year (being the period beginning on the first day of January and ending of the following 31st day of December). APEX shall give the employer at least 14 days' notice of the date and time of any meeting to which sub-clause (1) of this clause applies. APEX shall make such arrangements with the employer as may be necessary to ensure that the employer’s business is maintained during any meeting, including, where appropriate, an arrangement for sufficient employees to remain available during the meeting to enable each employer’s operation to continue. Work shall resume as soon as practicable after the meeting, but the employer shall not be obliged to pay any employee for a period greater than two hours in respect of any meeting. Only employees who actually attend an APEX meeting shall be entitled to pay in respect of that meeting and to that end APEX shall supply the employer with a list of employees who attended and shall advise the employer of the time the meeting finished.