Our staff representatives
The Council recognises the following unions for the purposes of collective bargaining for national pay and conditions of service for Local Government Services, Chief Officers, Teachers, Soulbury staff, Youth Workers and Tutors:
- Association of Educational Psychologists (AEP)
- Association of Schools and College Leaders (ASCL)
- Association of Professionals in Education and Children’s Trusts (ASPECT)
- Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL)
- GMB
- National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT)
- National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT)
- National Union of Teachers (NUT)
- University and College Union (UCU)
- Unison
- Unite
- VOICE
Legislation requires that employers give trade union representatives reasonable paid time off to undertake a range of trade union duties and relevant training. Duties include:
- support for individuals in management procedures such as discipline and grievance
- collective bargaining; and
- consultation on redundancies, reorganisations, TUPE transfers, for example
The Council’s Trade Union Facilities Agreement (PDF, 125KB) sets out the agreed procedures for managing collective disputes and time off for trade union duties and activities. It provides for some union officials, who have a significant role in collective negotiation, consultation and employee representation, to be seconded to union duties for a proportion of their working week (for example, a fixed, weekly allocation of time off).
Time off and expenditure for the Council’s Trade Union representatives for the period 1 April 2017 to 31 March 2018 is as follows:-
Corporate Function
Relevant Union Officials
| Number of employees who were relevant union official during the above period | Full-time equivalent employee number |
|---|---|
| 12 | 10.98 |
Percentage of time spent of Facility Time
| % of time | |
|---|---|
| 0% | 5 |
| 1 to 49% | 7 |
| 50 to 99% | 0 |
| 100% | 0 |
Percentage of pay bill spent on Facility Time
| Total cost of facility time | £10,197.16 |
| Spending on facilities time as a percentage of the total pay bill | 0.02% |
Education Function
Relevant Union Officials
| Number of employees who were relevant union official during the above period | Full-time equivalent employee number |
|---|---|
| 15 | 11.41 |
Percentage of time spent of Facility Time
| % of time | |
|---|---|
| 0% | 15 |
| 1 to 49% | 0 |
| 50 to 99% | 0 |
| 100% | 0 |
Percentage of pay bill spent on Facility Time
| Total cost of facility time | £33,789.98 |
| Spending on facilities time as a percentage of the total pay bill | 0.08% |
Notes:
- Education Function includes Community, Voluntary Controlled and Community special and maintained nursery schools
- the above table reflects seconded and ad hoc Trade Union time
Further details on published public sector trade union facilities time can be found on GOV.UK.
Published September 2018