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Trade union facility time

In accordance with the Trade Union (Facility Time Publication Requirements) Regulations 2017, public sector employers are required to report information on paid trade union facility time and the cost of this in relation to the total pay bill.

For the period 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022 the University of Brighton paid 2.5 full-time equivalent trade union officials to carry out duties and activities. The total cost of paid facility time was £151,361 which is 0.13% of the total annual pay bill for the period. The percentage of paid time spent on trade union activities in relation to total facility time was 16.5%.

Full details of information reported are in the tables below.

UNISON

University and College Union

Trade union facility time

 1 What was the total number of your employees who were relevant union officials during the relevant period?

Relevant trade union officials

Number of employees who were relevant union officials during the relevant period

Full-time equivalent employee number

40

2.5

2 How many of your employees who were relevant union officials employed during the relevant period spent a) 0% b) 1%–50% c) 51%–99% or d) 100% of their working hours on facility time?

Percentage of time spent on facility time

 0%

 20

 1–50%

 19

 51–99%

 0

 100%

 1

3 Provide the figures requested in the first column of the table below to determine the percentage of your total pay bill spent on paying employees who were relevant union officials for facility time during the relevant period.

Percentage of pay bill spent on facility time

 Provide the total cost of facility time

£151,361.80

 Provide the total pay bill

£113,634,810

 Provide the percentage of the total pay bill spent on facility time, calculated as: (total cost of facility time ÷ total pay bill) x 100

0.13%

4 As a percentage of total paid facility time hours, how many hours were spent by employees who were relevant union officials during the relevant period on paid trade union activities?

Paid trade union activities

Time spent on trade union activities as a percentage of total paid facility time hours calculated as: (total hours spent on paid trade union activities by relevant union officials during the relevant period ÷ total paid facility time hours) x 100

 16.51%

Facility time publication requirements

The facility time data that organisations are required to collate and publish under the new regulations is shown here. We have included tables to illustrate the information required.

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