Trade union facility time

East Sussex County Council
E10000011
Data effective as at: 19/01/2015
Total number of staff who are union representatives:
43 (35.79 fte) including those employed in schoolsas follows:
-total number of representatives who have dedicated Trade Union Facilities Time including those employed in schools: 11
-total number of representatives who do not have dedicated Trade Union Facilities Time including those employed in schools: 32
24 (23.5 fte) excluding those employed in schools as follows:
-total number of representatives who have dedicated Trade Union Facilities Time excluding those employed in schools: 8
-total number of representatives who do not have dedicated Trade Union Facilities Time excluding those employed in schools: 16
(These figures are subject to Trade Unions confirming up to date accreditation)
Total number of union representatives who devote at least 50 per cent of their time to union duties:
-5 (4.28 fte) in Schools
-3 (2.48 fte) excluding Schools
Trade Unions represented:
-UNISON
-General Municipal Boilermakers & Allied Trade Union (GMB)
-Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL)
-National Union of Teachers (NUT)
-National Association of Schoolmasters/Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT)
-National Association of Headteachers (NAHT)
-Voice: The Union for Educational Professionals
-The Association of School and College Lecturers (ASCL)
Basic estimate of spending on unions*:
-£134,843 (including Schools)
-£82,540 (excluding Schools)
This has been calculated as follows: as a minimum estimate, across the workforce:
-including Schools - 4.9 fte is spent on facilities time. Average salary of those representatives with dedicated facilities time is £27,723. Therefore, 4.9 multiplied by £27,723 = £135,843
-excluding Schools - 2.9 fte is spent on facilities time. Average salary of those representatives with dedicated facilities time is £28,462. Therefore 2.9 multiplied by £28,462 = £82,540
*This spend represents the spend of those trade union representatives with fixed facilities time. We are currently in the process of gathering and recording the same information from those trade union representatives who do not have fixed facilities time. As such, once this information is accurately known, the total spend is likely to increase.
Basic estimate of spending on unions as a percentage of the total pay bill*:
-including Schools = 0.04%.
-excluding Schools = 0.06%
*This spend represents the spend of those trade union representatives with fixed facilities time. We are currently in the process of gathering and recording the same information from those trade union representatives who do not have fixed facilities time. As such, once this information is accurately known, the total spend is likely to increase.