Trade union facility time

There is a statutory requirement on the council to collate and publish, on an annual basis, a range of data on the amount and costs of trade union facility time. 

Unions represented

  • Unison
  • GMB

Representation

The table below counts all employees that were union officials during 2021/22

Table showing count of all employees that were union officials during 2021/22

Description Absolute number Full time equivalent
Union representatives eg. general, learning and health and safety representatives 6 6

Percentage of working hours spent on facility time during 2021/22

Percentage of working hours spent on facility time during 2021 / 22
0% of working hours 5 representatives
1 to 50% of working hours 1 representative
51 - 99% of working hours 0 representatives
100% of working hours 0 representatives
Cost of trade union facility time  between April 2021 and March 2022
Total Pay Bill £17,792,778
Total cost of trade union facility  time £6,147
Percentage of the council's total pay bill spent on trade union facility time 0.03%
Time spent on paid trade union activities as a percentage of total paid facility time 32.70%