Trade Unions

Trade Union facility time publication requirement

(Facility time for South Lanarkshire Leisure and Culture, Seemis and Lanarkshire Joint Valuation Board are included in the undernoted return)

Period: 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025

Table 1: Relevant trade 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
215	177.28

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%	76
1-50%	131
51-99%	3
100%	5

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.

Paying employees who were relevant union officials for facility time	Total pay bill
Provide the total cost of facility time	£624,632.51
Provide the total pay bill	£667,770,015.59
Provide the percentage of the total pay bill spent on facility time, calculated as: (total cost of facility time / total pay bill) x 100

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?

Employees who were relevant union officials	% of total paid facility time hours
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	7.44%

Employees who were relevant union officials

% of total paid facility time hours

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

7.44%