Shop Stewards

The job of the shop steward is to act as the representative of both the employees and the trade organization. He or she oversees that the employer follows the terms of agreements – and of course the employee also has to follow the same terms.

The shop steward will help you, for example, if you want to ask about: 

• pay and pay rises
   
• how annual leave is determined
   
• whether the employer can make you to do other work than that specified in your contract of employment or terms of office
   
• do you have to go to work if you are ill and whether you will loose any pay for the time you stay at home when ill.