How much time can a health and safety officer take off?

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• Steptoe & Johnson LLP

In Walker v. North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Trust UK, Mr Walker was the Unison branch health and safety officer at the Trust. He could use 2½ days each week to undertake his health and safety duties.

In 2006 he asked for additional time off, one day each week for 36 weeks, to attend a training course. His manager would not authorise this request. Mr Walker presented a claim to the Tribunal alleging that the Trust had breached the Safety Representatives and Safety Committee Regulatio... (261 more words)

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