The Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996

Right to time off for employee representativesN.I.

89.—(1) An employee who is—

(a)an employee representative for the purposes of Part XIII of this Order or [F1regulations 9, 13 and 15 of the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006][F2or regulations 9, 13 and 15 of the Service Provision Change (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006] , or

(b)a candidate in an election in which any person elected will, on being elected, be such an employee representative,

is entitled to be permitted by his employer to take reasonable time off during the employee's working hours in order to perform his functions as such an employee representative or candidate[F3 or in order to undergo training to perform such functions].

(2) For the purposes of this Article the working hours of an employee shall be taken to be any time when, in accordance with his contract of employment, the employee is required to be at work.