Trade union paid facility time 2019/20

Education Function

Table 1 – Relevant Union Officials

What was the total number of your employees who were relevant union officials during the relevant period?

Number of employees who were relevant union officials during the relevant period Full-time equivalent employee number
4 1.77

Table 2 Percentage of time spent on facility time

How many of your employees who were relevant union officials employed during the relevant period spent a) 0%, b) 1%-50%, c) 51%-99% or d) 100% of their working hours on facility time?

Percentage of time Number of Employees Number of FTE’s
0% 2 0.27
1-50%
51-99%
100% 2 1.5

Table 3 Percentage of pay bill spent on facility time

Provide the figures requested in the first column of the table below to determine the percentage of your total pay bill spent on paying employees who were relevant union officials for facility time during the relevant period.

First Column Figures
Provide the total cost of facility time £76,249
Provide the total pay bill £187,978,662
Provide the percentage of the total pay bill spent on facility time, calculated as:  (total cost of facility time ÷ total pay bill) x 100 0.04%

Table 4 Paid trade union activities

Time spent on paid trade union activities as a percentage of total paid facility time hours calculated as:
(total hours spent on paid trade union activities by relevant union officials during the relevant period ÷ total paid facility time hours) x 100
3.2%

Corporate Function

Table 5 Relevant Union Officials 

What was the total number of your employees who were relevant union officials during the relevant period?

Number of employees who were relevant union officials during the relevant period Full-time equivalent employee number
11 2.8

Table 6 Percentage of time spent on facility time

How many of your employees who were relevant union officials employed during the relevant period spent a) 0%, b) 1%-50%, c) 51%-99% or d) 100% of their working hours on facility time?

Percentage of time Number of Employees Number of FTE’s
0% 8 0.1
1-50%
51-99% 1 0.7
100% 2 2.0

Table 7 Percentage of time spent on facility time

Provide the figures requested in the first column of the table below to determine the percentage of your total pay bill spent on paying employees who were relevant union officials for facility time during the relevant period.

First Column Figures
Provide the total cost of facility time £89,461
Provide the total pay bill £165,599,583
Provide the percentage of the total pay bill spent on facility time, calculated as: (total cost of facility time ÷ total pay bill) x 100 0.05%

Table 8 Paid trade union activities

As a percentage of total paid facility time hours, how many hours were spent by employees who were relevant union officials during the relevant period on paid trade union activities?

Time spent on paid trade union activities as a percentage of total paid facility time hours calculated as:
(total hours spent on paid trade union activities by relevant union officials during the relevant period ÷ total paid facility time hours) x 100
35%

Recognised Trade Union Representation 2019/20

Corporate Unions Actual Representatives Full Time Equivalent
Unison 8 2.1 (funded)
GMB 3 0.7 (funded)
Unite 0
Education Unions Actual Representatives Full Time Equivalent
NUT 2 1.5 (funded)
NEU(ATL) 1 0.40
NASUWT 2 0.8 (0.2 funded)
NAHT 1 0.7 (funded)
ASCL 1 0.01
Voice 1 0

Note: Not all of the Education representatives are DCC employees therefore, the numbers and FTE showing in the table above are higher than that shown in Table 1