Trade Union facility time

Facility time is paid time off during working hours for trade union representatives to carry out trade union duties.

The following data applies to Hastings Borough Council:

Names of all trade unions represented in the local authority:

• UNISON
• GMB

Total number (absolute number and full time equivalent) of staff who are union representatives (including general, learning and health and safety representatives):

• 5
• 0.07 FTE

Total number (absolute number and full time equivalent) of union representatives who devote at least 50 per cent of their time to union duties:

• None

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

• £1,537

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):

• 0.00016%