Trade unions

Information of trade union facility time at Harlow Council.

Number union representatives

Harlow Council funds 1 full-time employee who fills a trade union representative post.

This includes the absolute number and full time equivalents.

The percentage of working hours spent on facility time is 1-50%.

Total number of union representatives that devote at least 50% of their time to union duties

Harlow Council does not have any union representatives devoting at least 50% of their time to union activities.

Names of trade unions represented

Unison

GMB

Spend on trade unions

The number of FTE days spent on union duties for those who dedicate over 50% of their time to union duties, divided by the average salary is 0.

Percentage of pay spent of facility time

The total cost of facility time was £4127.47

Our total pay bill was £19,997,515.10

This works out at a 0.02% pay bill spend on facility.

We calculated this as (total cost of facility time/total pay bill) x 100.

Time spent on paid trade union activities as a percentage of total paid facility time hour is 4.58%.

We calculated this as (total hours spent on paid trade union activities by relevant union officials during the relevant period/total paid facility time hours) x 100.

Some of this time was supporting employee wellbeing events in the capacity of a trade union representative.