Common use of Delegate Rights Clause in Contracts

Delegate Rights. (a) Healthscope will allow Delegates to perform their Delegate role without discrimination or adverse treatment. (b) Healthscope recognises and respects that authorised Delegates speak on behalf of the Union’s members in the workplace. (c) Healthscope will allow Delegates: (i) reasonable access to telephone, facsimile, photocopying, internet and email facilities for the purpose of carrying out the Delegate activities in clause 40.3 below; and (ii) place Union information on a notice board in a prominent location in their workplace. (d) In the event that Delegates wish to undertake a secondment to the union to undertake the activities set out in clause 40.3(a) below, they can apply to Healthscope management for paid leave, using their accrued annual leave or long service leave entitlements (where long service leave is available to the Delegate to access), or an unpaid leave of absence. (e) Delegates seeking approval for leave to undertake the activities in clause 40.3(a) below must seek and receive management approval prior to taking leave. Approval will be subject to operational requirements. (f) Any unpaid leave of absence granted by Healthscope under clause 40.2(d) above will count as service for all purposes of this Agreement.