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FOI request (FOIR-280937228)
Union Facility Time
Requested Mon 07 December 2020
Responded Fri 18 December 2020Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I would like to request the following information:
1. The total number (absolute number and full time equivalent) of local authority staff who are trade union representatives.
2. The total number (absolute number and full time equivalent) of trade union representatives who spend at least 50 per cent of their time on union duties.
3. The names of all trade unions represented in the local authority.
4. A basic estimate of spending on unions (calculated as the number of full time equivalent days spent on union duties by authority staff that spent the majority of their time on union duties multiplied by the average salary).
5. A basic estimate of spending on unions as a percentage of the local authorities total pay bill (calculated as the number of full time equivalent days spent on union duties by authority staff that spent the majority of their time on union duties multiplied by the average salary divided by the total pay bill).
Please can you provide all information for the financial year 2019-20, and where possible for the year 2020-21.
Response
1. Total No. 0.5 or 0.7 FTE of staff who are union representatives (including general, learning and health and safety representatives)
2. There are no staff who spend over 50% of their time on trade union activities
3. Unison is the only represented trade union
4. £1537
5. 0.00016%
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