Trade Union Activity
The Trade Union (Facility Time Publication Requirements) Regulations 2017 require the University to publish information on trade union facility time annually.
The table of data for the reporting period 1 April 2017 to 31 March 2018 is as follows:
Table 1 – Relevant union officials
Number of employees who were relevant union officials during the relevant period | 26 |
Full-time equivalent employee number | 23.5fte |
Table 2 – Percentage of time spent on facility time
Percentage of time | Number of employees |
0% | 0 |
1%-50% | 24 |
51%-99% | 1 |
100% | 1 |
Table 3 – Percentage of pay bill spent on facility time
Figures | |
Total cost of facility time | £230,879.00 |
Total pay bill | £110,700,000.00 |
Percentage of the total pay bill spent on facility time | 0.21% |
Table 4 – Paid relevant trade union activities
Time spent on paid trade union activities* as a % of total paid facility time hours | 5.25% |
Time spent on paid trade union duties** as a % of total paid facility time hours | 94.75% |
*Activities encompass such things as branch meetings, elections and conference attendance
** Duties encompass such things as casework, representation of employees