Trade Union Activity

The Trade Union (Facility Time Publication Requirements) Regulations 2017 require the University to publish information on trade union facility time annually.

The table of data for the reporting period 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023 is as follows:

Table 1 – Relevant union officials

Number of employees who were relevant union officials during the relevant period	18
Full-time equivalent employee number	17.8 FTE

Table 2 – Percentage of time spent on facility time

Percentage of time	Number of employees
0%	0
1%-50%	16
51%-99%	2
100%	0

Table 3 – Percentage of pay bill spent on facility time

	Figures
Total cost of facility time	£187,409.24
Total pay bill	£114,036,166.22
Percentage of the total pay bill spent on facility time	0.16%

Table 4 – Paid relevant trade union activities

Time spent on paid trade union activities* as a % of total paid facility time hours	15%
Time spent on paid trade union duties** as a % of total paid facility time hours	85%

*Activities encompass such things as branch meetings, elections and conference attendance

** Duties encompass such things as casework, representation of employees