Whereas local government elected officials are required to attend meetings, conventions, and conferences to perform their official duties, often requiring absences from their place of employment to do so; And whereas there are no provisions in provincial or federal employment legislation for local elected officials to allow them to take such absences as required to perform their official duties: Therefore be it resolved that UBCM lobby the provincial government for amendments to the Employment Standards Act to include unpaid leave of absence provisions to protect the employment of elected officials and allow them to attend Board Council meetings, conventions, and conferences in the performance of their official duties; And be it further resolved that UBCM and FCM lobby the federal government for amendments to the Canada Labour Code to include unpaid leave of absence provisions to protect the employment of elected officials and allow them to attend Board Council meetings, conventions, and conferences in the performance of their official duties.
