Time off work for public duties

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• Type:

  FAQs

  Are school governors entitled to time off work to fulfil their duties?

• Date:

  12 July 1978

  Type:

  Employment law cases

  Time off for public duties: Tribunals have no power to impose conditions on the parties

  In Corner v Buckinghamshire County Council, a time off for public duties case, the EAT holds the Industrial Tribunal can do no more than declare that the employer had failed to allow the employee to take reasonable time off and, if appropriate, make an award of compensation.