Consultation outcome

Trade union facility time in schools: review

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 19 September 2013
• Last updated: 16 January 2014 — See all updates

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

This consultation has concluded

Read the full outcome

Facility time call for evidence: results

PDF, 335 KB, 19 pages

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Detail of outcome

This report summarises the findings of the call for evidence and lists the organisations that responded (see Annex A). In response to this review, the Department for Education published advice to schools and employers on managing trade union facility time.

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Original consultation

Summary

The Department for Education is carrying out a review of trade union facility time in schools.

This consultation ran from
19 September 2013 to 11:45pm on 25 October 2013

Consultation description

Trade union representatives are entitled to reasonable paid time off (known as facility time) to take part in trade union duties, such as negotiating with employers and representing members in grievance procedures.

This call for evidence is to gather views from employers, school leaders, representative organisations, teachers and members of the public about trade union facility time.

We want to know how facility time could be managed more transparently and how we can ensure it makes the most efficient use of taxpayers’ money.

Documents

Trade union facility time in schools consultation document

PDF, 329 KB, 8 pages

Published 19 September 2013
Last updated 16 January 2014 + show all updates

1. 16 January 2014

   Consultation response added.

2. 20 September 2013

   Email address corrected.

3. 19 September 2013

   First published.