Trade union facility time

Information relating to trade unions within the council under the Local government transparency code 2015.

We are required to update this information on an annual basis.

The below data is from March 2023.

Buckinghamshire Council recognises:

• UNISON
• AEP
• GMB

There were 14 trade union representatives during this period, including:

• 12 UNISON representatives
• 1 AEP representative
• 1 GMB representative

Two representatives (UNISON) spends more than 50% of their time on trade union duties.

There are two people who spend at least 50% of their time on Union duties. Based on actual spend on TU facilities time (which includes pension and NI costs) this is a total of £62,981.91 per annum

As a percentage of the total paybill, this equates to 0.03% of the paybill per annum.

0% of time was spent on paid trade union activities as a percentage of the total paid facility time hours.

Regarding Union facilities relating to Teachers, Buckinghamshire Council recognises:

• NEU
• NASUWT
• ASCL
• NAHT

There are a total of 4 County Secretaries (one for each of the unions) and local representatives across the county.

Only the representative for the NAHT is employed by Buckinghamshire Council.

There were 2 UNISON representatives employed by the council within the Education Sector. None of these Representatives spends more than 50% of their time on trade union duties.

There is no one in the education sector who spends more than 50% of their time on union duties.

The estimated spend on trade union facilities time is a total of £30,482.24 per annum. This is based on the actual Facility time spent within Maintained Schools and the cost of the UNISON Reps facility time (including pension and NI costs).

As a percentage of the total paybill for the education sector (who buy Buckinghamshire Council payroll), this equates to 0.02% of the paybill per annum.

There was no time spent on paid trade union activities as a percentage of the total paid facility time hours.