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tion referred to in Paragraph 1 of this Recommen- dation.
8. (1) Persons who, upon termination of their mandate as workers' representatives in the under- taking in which they have been employed, resume work in that undertaking should retain, or have restored, all their rights, including those related to the nature of their job, to wages and to seniority.
(2) The questions whether, and to what extent, the provisions of subparagraph (1) of this Paragraph should apply to workers' representatives who have exercised their functions mainly outside the under- taking concerned should be left to national laws or regulations, collective agreements, arbitration awards or court decisions.
IV. FACILITIES TO BE Afforded TO WORKERS' REPRESENTATIVES
9. (1) Such facilities in the undertaking should be afforded to workers' representatives as may be appropriate in order to enable them to carry out their functions promptly and efficiently.
(2) In this connection account should be taken of the characteristics of the industrial relations system of the country and the needs, size and capabilities of the undertaking concerned.
(3) The granting of such facilities should not impair the efficient operation of the undertaking concerned.
10. (1) Workers' representatives in the under- taking should be afforded the necessary time off from work, without loss of pay or social and fringe benefits, for carrying out their representation func- tions in the undertaking.
(2) In the absence of appropriate provisions, a workers' representative may be required to obtain permission from his immediate supervisor or another appropriate representative of management desig- nated for this purpose before he takes time off from work, such permission not to be unreasonably with- held.
(3) Reasonable limits may be set on the amount of time off which is granted to workers' representatives under subparagraph (1) of this Paragraph.
11. (1) In order to enable them to carry out their functions effectively, workers' representatives should be afforded the necessary time off for attending trade union meetings, training courses, seminars, congresses and conferences.
(2) Time off afforded under subparagraph (1) of this Paragraph should be afforded without loss of
pay or social and fringe benefits, it being understood that the question of who should bear the resulting costs may be determined by the methods of imple- mentation referred to in Paragraph 1 of this Recom- mendation.
12. Workers' representatives in the undertaking should be granted access to all workplaces in the undertaking, where such access is necessary to enable them to carry out their representation functions.
13. Workers' representatives should be granted without undue delay access to the management of the undertaking and to management representatives empowered to take decisions, as may be necessary for the proper exercise of their functions.
14. In the absence of other arrangements for the collection of trade union dues, workers' representa- tives authorised to do so by the trade union should be permitted to collect such dues regularly on the premises of the undertaking.
15. (1) Workers' representatives acting on behalf of a trade union should be authorised to post trade union notices on the premises of the undertaking in a place or places agreed on with the management and to which the workers have easy access.
(2) The management should permit workers' representatives acting on behalf of a trade union to distribute news sheets, pamphlets, publications and other documents of the union among the workers of the undertaking.
(3) The union notices and documents referred to in this Paragraph should relate to normal trade union activities and their posting and distribution should not prejudice the orderly operation and tidiness of the undertaking.
(4) Workers' representatives who are elected representatives in the meaning of clause (b) of Paragraph 2 of this Recommendation should be given similar facilities consistent with their functions.
16. The management should make available to workers' representatives, under the conditions and to the extent which may be determined by the methods of implementation referred to in Paragraph 1 of this Recommendation, such material facilities and infor- mation as may be necessary for the exercise of their functions.
17. (1) Trade union representatives who are not employed in the undertaking but whose trade union has members employed therein should be granted access to the undertaking.
(2) The determination of the conditions for such access should be left to the methods of implementa- tion referred to in Paragraphs 1 and 3 of this Recommendation.
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