The Wales TUC has been campaigning for statutory rights to time off for Equality Reps or other reps who also deal with equality issues.

We are running a survey for reps who deal with equalities issues in the workplace to find out what barriers they face in carrying out their role and the type of issues that they deal with. If you would like to fill in the survey please follow this link. The survey closes at the end of May 2009.

If you would like to pass on your comments and opinions about dealing with equality issues in your branch and workplace, including any barriers there are to promoting equality, or any successes you may have had, then please email Natasha Hirst on nhirst@tuc.org.uk or leave a comment in the comment boxes below.

Please let us know what kind of equality issues come forward and whether you feel that you have the facilities and time you need to deal with them.

All comments and opinions are important in helping the Wales TUC to campaign for rights for equality reps and to support reps in workplaces with the right resources and training.