Former Weymouth and Portland Borough Council - trade union facilities reporting for 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019

The former Weymouth and Portland Borough Council was the host employer for all employees employed within the Dorset Councils Partnership, which comprised of West Dorset District Council, North Dorset District Council and Weymouth and Portland Borough Council.

Relevant union officials

Total number of employees who were relevant union officials during the relevant period:

  • 19

Full time equivalent employee number:

  • 18

Recognised trades unions

  • UNISON
  • GMB
  • Unite

Percentage of time spent on facility time

Number of relevant employees who were union officials employed during the relevant period who spent a) 0%, (b) 1%-50%, (c) 51%-99% or (d) 100% of their working hours on facility time

Percentage of time
Percentage of time Number of employees 
0% 0
1% - 50% 19
51% - 99% 0
100%

Percentage of pay bill spent on facility time

Percentage of total pay bill spent on paying employees who were relevant union officials for facility time during the relevant period:

  • total cost of facility time - £60,000
  • total pay bill - £19,763,220

Percentage of the total pay bill spent on facility time, calculated as (total cost of facility time / total pay bill) x 100:

  • 0.30%

Paid trade union activities 

As a percentage of total paid facility time hours, the number of hours spent by employees who were relevant union officials during the relevant period on paid trade union activities:

  • hours spent on paid facility time - 3650
  • hours spent on paid trade union activities - 230

Time spent on trade union activities as a percentage of total paid facility time hours calculated as (total hours spent on paid trade union activities / total paid facility time hours x 100:

  • 6.30%

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