Time off work

New and updated

• Type:

  FAQs

  Do union environmental representatives or equality representatives have a right to paid time off to carry out their duties?

• Type:

  FAQs

  If there is more than one union representative in an organisation, are they all entitled to paid time off to carry out union duties?

• Date:

  3 November 2008

  Type:

  Employment law cases

  Time off for dependants: Disruption to childcare was unexpected

  In Royal Bank of Scotland Plc v Harrison EAT/0093/08, the EAT held that a disruption to the employee's childcare arrangements was unexpected. She was, therefore, entitled to take time off for dependants, and had suffered a detriment for a prescribed reason for doing so.

• Type:

  FAQs

  Can an employer insist that part-time employees arrange all their antenatal appointments for times when they are not working?

• Date:

  28 July 2008

  Type:

  Employment law cases

  Time off for dependants: No right to time off for long-term care of dependants

  In Cortest Ltd v O'Toole EAT/0470/07, the EAT held that the right to time off for dependants does not extend to one month's leave to care for a child.

• Type:

  Letters and forms

  Letter to young employee confirming time off for study or training

  A model letter to inform a young employee that their request in relation to study or training has been granted.

• Type:

  Policies and procedures

  Time off for domestic emergencies policy

  A model policy to set out your organisation's approach to time off to deal with domestic emergencies.

• Type:

  FAQs

  Where an employee is summoned to appear as a witness in a criminal court case, is the employer required to pay the employee for the time spent away from the workplace?

• Type:

  FAQs

  Do employees have a statutory right to be paid while on jury service?

• Type:

  Quick reference

  Time off for dependants

  A list setting out the circumstances in which employees are entitled to take a reasonable amount of unpaid time off for dependants.