Trade Unions

We frequently publish information about trade union activity and provision at NUH, which can be found below. 

Updated: May 2019

 

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

56

51.80

 

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%

8

1-50%

43

51%-99%

4

100%

0

 

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.

Provide the total cost of facility time

£302,607

Provide the total pay bill

£614,575,000

Provide the percentage of the total pay bill spent on facility time, calculated as: (total cost of facility time ÷ total pay bill) x 100

0.05%

 

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

5.39%

There is a requirement for relevant public sector organisations to publish information in relation to trade union facility time. You can read our report, which includes information for the second reporting period, from 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019, here.