Section One - The Local Government Transparency Code 2015

The effective date used for Section One is 31 March 2021.

The total number (absolute number and full time equivalent) of staff who are union representatives - including general, learning and health and safety.

Union	Actual reps as at 31.03.21	FTE (actual / all work)	FTE for year 2020/21 (union work)
Unison	6	5.78	1.0528
Unite	2	2	0
GMB	0	0	0
Totals	8	7.78	1.0528

The total number (absolute and full time equivalent) of union representatives who devote at least fifty percent of their time to union activities.

Total Actual	1
Total FTE	1

The names of all the trade unions represented in the local authority

UNISON

UNITE

GMB

A basic estimate of spending on unions (calculated as the number of full time equivalent days spent on union duties multiplied by the average salary)

	2020/2021
Mean salary in the council as published in the 2020 pay policy statement	£35,633
Basic estimate of spending	£37,514.42

A basic estimate of spending on unions as a percentage of the total pay bill (calculated as the number of full-time equivalent days spent on union duties multiplied by the average salary divided by the total pay bill).

	Figures	Percentage
Basic estimate of spending	£37,514.42	0.08%
Provide the total pay bill	£48,521,399.48	0.08%

Section Two - The Trade Union (Facility Time Publication Requirements) Regulations 2017

The relevant period for this section is 1 April 2020 – 31 March 2021.

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	10.78

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	2019/2020 figures
0%	4	3
1-50%	5	6
51%-99%	0	0
100%	2	1

Percentage of pay bill spent on facility time

The percentage was calculated by dividing the total cost of facility time, (using the individuals hourly rate with an on cost of 30% added), by the total pay bill. As it is not possible to identify individual employees from this figure, it was not necessary to use a notional hourly cost.

Figures

Percentage

Provide the total cost of facility time

£48,989.44

0.101%

Provide the total pay bill

£48,521,399.48

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?

Total paid facility time hours	Paid TU activities	Percentage
1841.52	20.58	1.12%

The percentage was calculated by dividing the paid activities facility time by the total of the facility time (which includes duties and activities).

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