Trade union facility time

• Published by: Leeds City Council
• Last updated: 24 November 2018
• Topic: Not added
• Licence: Open Government Licence

Summary

This dataset shows staff time allocated to trade union activities.

Please note

• Data is based on trade union roles/facilties time recorded corporately 
• C= convenors
• ULRC = Union Learn Representative Co-Ordinator
• ULRL = Union Learn Representative Lead
• Costs are based on basic pay with oncost and also include accommodation costs 
• Trade union spend is calculated as a percentage of the total pay bill to provide a basic estimate of spending on facilities time 

• For the purpose of collective bargaining Leeds City Council recognises the following trade unions :UNITE, UNISON, UCATT & GMB and primarily in schools: ATL, ASCL, NUT, NAHT & NASUWT

• Trade Unions have confirmed all activities i.e. attending conferences, meeting regional officers, branch and regional meetings are carried out within the agreed facilities time.

• Teaching Trade Unions have confirmed that they carry out activities in their own time i.e. attending conferences, meeting regional officers, branch and regional meetings.

Local Government Transparency Code 2015

• This is a key dataset which the government wants local authorities to publish.
• https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-government-transparency-code-2015

Trade Union Facility Time Publication Regulation 2017

• The purpose of these regulations is to promote transparency and allow for public scrutiny of facility time.
• Additional information is required over and above the Local Government Transparency Code. This information has been included from 2017/18.
• https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/trade-union-facility-time-publication-requirements

From 2018 we no longer record the figure of representatives spending more than 50% of their time on Trade union activities.

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Link to the data	Format	File added	Data preview
Council 2012/13 - 2019/20	CSV	24 November 2018	Preview
Education 2017/18 - 2019/20	CSV	24 November 2018	Preview

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