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Applying for facility time for PCS branch representatives

22 April 2010

The AGM season is well passed. It is now time for branch officers and branch executive committee (BEC) members to apply for facility time to enable them to carry out their employment relations duties and trade union activities effectively on behalf of the PCS members that have elected them.

The amount of facility time that you require will depend on the duties and activities that you have volunteered to do and need to conduct.

It is important all reps that are elected have a formal agreement in place with the management area they belong to. This will assist our union and the department in making the system transparent and accountable.

Most local reps would require lower levels of facility time, 50% or less may meet the reps need. On the rare occasion some reps may need higher levels of facility time perhaps up to 100%. Reps applying for high levels of facility time should have the application verified by our union before the request goes to the TLB for approval. Advice on this can be sort from KC Jones, the MoD group vice president.

It is important that before applying for facility time you and in some cases your line manager read the relevant PRG and any TLB instruction that maybe in place.

Guidance can be found in the PRG on employment relations. Your RLO would be happy to assist in offering advice and guidance on what to claim and how to fill in the Annex D to the PRG.

Once your facility time is approved it must be entered on HRMS. At the moment this must be done by your line manager. In the future the process of who enters it on HRMS may fall to the rep that has applied for facility time.

If you need further advice and guidance please contact KC Jones at pcsunion-vicepresident@mod.uk or kcjones253@hotmail.com or Call KC on 01904 665331.

 


 

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