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Greater Manchester Police - Trade Union Facility Time 2023-2024
The Trade Union (Facility Time Publication Requirements) Regulations 2017 came into force on the 1st April 2017. These regulations place a legislative requirement on relevant public sector employers to collate and publish, on an annual basis, a range of data on the amount and cost of facility time within their organisation.
The following data is for the 12-month period beginning on 1st April 2023 and the calculations have been completed in line with the requirements published in the supporting guidance.
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 |
23 |
22.95 |
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% |
2 |
1-50% |
13 |
51-99% |
1 |
100% |
7 |
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.
Title |
Figures |
Total cost of facility time |
£366,125 |
Total pay bill |
£646,585,057 |
Percentage of total pay bill spent on facility time, calculated as: |
0.06% |
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?
Title |
Percentage |
Time spent on paid trade union activities as a percentage of total paid facility time hours calculated as: |
26% |