Trade union facility time

The Local Government Transparency Code 2015 requires the Council to publish the following information annually:

• Total number (absolute number and full time equivalent) of staff who are union representatives (including general, learning and health and safety representatives)
• Total number (absolute number and full time equivalent) of union representatives who devote at least 50 per cent of their time to union duties
• Names of all trade unions represented in the local authority
• 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)
• 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).