Find out about trade union activity at the Council, including the number of employees who get time off to do union work and how much they are paid.
We support the principles of collective bargaining and recognise the role trade unions can play in:
maintaining and developing good employee relations
assisting communication between the Council and its workforce
representing individual employees.
So they can do this, union representatives are granted reasonable paid time off.
This information covers representation from 1 March 2017 to 31 April 2018.
National Union of Teachers (NUT)*
Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL)*
National Association of School Masters and Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT)
National Association of Headteachers (NAHT)
Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL)
University and College Union (UCU)
Community and Youth Workers’ Union (CYWU)
*The National Union of Teachers and the Association of Teachers and Lecturers merged on 1 September 2017 to form the National Education Union (NEU). Until 2019, they will continue to operate independently.
We are legally required to report on union facility time, which is the time we grant to employees to work as union officials. These tables cover 1 April 2017 until 31 March 2018, and are split into central council staff union reps and education staff union reps.
The total number of our employees who were union officials.
| Number of employees who were relevant union officials during the relevant period | Full-time equivalent employee number |
|---|---|
| Total: 4 headcount | 3.6 FTEs |
The total number of our employees who were union officials.
| Number of employees who were relevant union officials during the relevant period | Full-time equivalent employee number |
|---|---|
| Total: 12 headcount | 10.86 FTEs |
For teaching unions, these figures are representative of a school working week and time off is based on term-time working only, where applicable.
The number of employees who were union officials that spent a) 0% b) 1–50% c) 51–99% and d) 100% of their working hours on facility time.
| Percentage of time (%) | Number of employees |
|---|---|
| 0 | 0 |
| 1–50 | 2 |
| 51–99 | 2 |
| 100 | 0 |
The number of employees who were union officials that spent a) 0% b) 1–50% c) 51–99% and d) 100% of their working hours on facility time.
| Percentage of time (%) | Number of employees |
|---|---|
| 0 | 0 |
| 1–50 | 7 |
| 51–99 | 3 |
| 100 | 2 |
The percentage of our total pay bill spent on paying union officials for facility time.
| Total cost of facility time | £61,207.19 |
| Total pay bill | 2017/18 £93,690,043 |
| Percentage of total pay bill spent on facility time | 0.07% |
The percentage of our total pay bill spent on paying union officials for facility time.
| Total cost of facility time | £234,739.59 |
| Total pay bill | 2017/18 £153,350,736 |
| Percentage of total pay bill spent on facility time | 0.15% |
The number of hours spent by union officials on paid trade union activities as a percentage of total paid facility time hours.
| Time spent on paid trade union activities as a percentage of total paid facility time hours | |
|---|---|
| Calculated as: (total hours spent on paid TU activities by relevant union officials during the relevant period ÷ total paid facility time hours) x 100 | (0 hrs ÷ 2,707 hrs) x 100 = 0% |
The number of hours spent by union officials on paid trade union activities as a percentage of total paid facility time hours.
| Time spent on paid trade union activities as a percentage of total paid facility time hours | |
|---|---|
| Calculated as: (total hours spent on paid TU activities by relevant union officials during the relevant period ÷ total paid facility time hours) x 100 | (0 hrs ÷ 13,458.16 hrs) x 100 = 0% |