b'TRADE UNION FACILITIES TIMEAt Enfield Schools HR, we coordinate a structured Trade Union Facilities Time approach for academies, free schools,and other non-maintained schools. This service ensures that recognised union representatives can carry out theirstatutory duties, including consultation, negotiation, and representation, without placing the administrative burdenon individual schools.What the service coversSchools that buy into the coordinated Trade Union Facilities Time service give their staff access to experienced,recognised branch-level union representatives. These reps provide consultation, negotiation, and representation on awide range of employment matters including pay, working hours, leave, pensions, equality, job evaluation, and healthand safety.Staff are supported through formal processes such as grievances, disciplinaries, attendance management,restructures, redundancies, and TUPE transfers. Reps also attend management meetings to represent members onpolicy changes, organisational developments, and working arrangementshelping resolve issues early andconstructively.This service ensures compliance with legal obligations under the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act1992, while promoting positive industrial relations across your school or trust.Benefits of Buying InFor schools, this service simplifies compliance with legal obligations by removing the need to manage local reps orcoordinate release time. It reduces administrative burden, ensures consistency across schools, and supports proactiveresolution of workplace issues.For staff, it guarantees access to trained, dedicated union representatives who can offer expert support andrepresentation. The service contributes to a positive working culture, aligns with local authority agreements, andensures fair, consistent consultation across your organisation.Click here to return to the contents page'