As an education professional body, the Institute provides the following support to employees who are school governors.
If meetings are held during the day, which you need to attend to perform your duties as a school governor, an additional one paid day off per annum will be given. This can be taken as a day or as two half days.
If you need to leave the office early or come in late to attend meetings, this should be agreed in advance with your line manager. While a reasonable amount of time, up to two hours is allowed, you may be asked to make up the time within a reasonable period. If you need to leave more than two hours early or will be arriving at work more than two hours after your normal start time, when you must take half a day annual leave.
If requested you will need to provide further information, and all leave must be requested in advance via E-DAYS.