POA(S) Branch Committee Meetings. In practice these meetings will normally deal both with matters that are the subject of Trade Union Activities and matters that are the subject of Employment Relations Duties. Meetings should be of sufficient frequency and duration to allow necessary discussion on matters of joint concern to the Partners such as to allow Branch decision-making to proceed without undue delay, and also to manage any urgent business of the Trade Union itself. However, meetings should not be held so frequently that there is insufficient business to fill a worthwhile agenda. Four hours per fortnight is suggested for illustration. This is because this is efficient in terms of the minimum shift length of an Operational Replacement Resource. An annualised time off total should be agreed by the Partners and produced at the beginning of the resourcing year. This is illustrated on the attached Resource Deployment Summary Sheet.
