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73: Union entitled to allocate employment relations education leave
or “Unions can give workers special days off to learn about their job rights, but there are rules about how many days they can give.”
You could also call this:

“ This law explains how to figure out how many days off workers can get for learning about their job rights, based on how many people work at their company. ”

You can find out how many days of employment relations education leave a union can give to workers at a company. This depends on how many eligible full-time workers the company has 30 days before a set date each year.

If the company has 1 to 5 workers, the union can give 3 days of leave. For 6 to 50 workers, it’s 5 days. If there are 51 to 280 workers, the union can give 1 day for every 8 workers (or part of that). For 281 or more workers, it’s 35 days plus 5 more days for every 100 workers (or part of that) over 280.

When counting workers, those who usually work 30 hours or more in a week count as one worker. Those who usually work less than 30 hours a week count as half a worker.

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or “The union tells the boss how many days workers can take off to learn about their job rights.”
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Part 7 Employment relations education leave

74Calculation of maximum number of days of employment relations education leave

  1. The maximum number of days of employment relations education leave that a union is entitled to allocate in respect of an employer is based on the number of full-time equivalent eligible employees employed by the employer as at the 30th day before the specified date in a year, and is determined in accordance with the following table:

    The following table is small in size and has 2 columns. Column 1 is headed Full-time equivalent eligible employees as at the 30th day before the specified date in a year. Column 2 is headed Maximum number of days of employment relations education leave that union entitled to allocate.
    Full-time equivalent eligible employees as at the 30th day before the specified date in a year Maximum number of days of employment relations education leave that union entitled to allocate
    1–5 3
    6–50 5
    51–280 1 day for every 8 full-time equivalent eligible employees or part of that number
    281 or more 35 days plus 5 days for every 100 full-time equivalent eligible employees or part of that number that exceeds 280

  2. For the purposes of calculating the number of full-time equivalent eligible employees employed by an employer,—

  3. an eligible employee who normally works 30 hours or more during a week is to be counted as 1:
    1. an eligible employee who normally works less than 30 hours during a week is to be counted as one-half.

      Notes
      • Section 74(1): amended, on , by section 33(1) of the Employment Relations Amendment Act (No 2) 2004 (2004 No 86).
      • Section 74(1) table: amended, on , by section 33(2) of the Employment Relations Amendment Act (No 2) 2004 (2004 No 86).