Shrewsbury Colleges Group

Trade Union Facility Time Publication Requirements

In accordance with the Trade Union (Facility Time Publication Requirements) Regulations 2017, we are required to publish certain information on trade union facility time.

The information covers the period from 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024.

Table 1 Relevant Union Officials 

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

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

Full-time equivalent employee number

3

2.70

Table 2 Percentage of time spent on facility time 

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

Number of Employees

0%

 

1-50%

3

51-99%

 

100%

 

Table 3 Percentage of pay bill spent on facility time 

 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.  

First Column

Figures

Provide the total cost of facility time

£18,559.81

Provide the total pay bill

£22,267899.49

Provide the percentage of the total pay bill spent on facility time, calculated as:

(total cost of facility time ÷ total pay bill) x 100

0.08%

Table 4 Paid trade union activities 

 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? 

Time spent on paid 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                 

Union Representative 1 = 5%

Union Representative 2 = 22.4%

Union Representative 3 = 7.4%