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We publish data about our workforce including staff numbers, sickness absence, suspensions and equalities information.

Workforce equality

View and download our Workforce Equality Monitoring report for the period 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022:

View and download our Workforce Equality Monitoring report for the period 1 October 2016 to 31 March 2021 in line with the start of the Shared Staffing Arrangement (SSA) between Richmond and Wandsworth Councils:

Download our previous workforce equalities reports:

Facility time information

As part of the Trade Union (Facility Time Publication Requirements) Regulations 2017 we publish Trade Union Facility Time data annually.

Trade Union Facility Time as at March 2023

Richmond and Wandsworth Councils are separate, with each recognising different unions and liaising with different trade union branches. However, in operating a shared workforce, the two councils have only one total pay bill and applications for union time off are administered jointly. Therefore, only one joint return for the two councils was possible.

Relevant union officials

Total number of employees who were relevant union officials during the relevant period (April to March).

Total of relevant union officials
Number of employees who were relevant union officials during the relevant period Full-time equivalent employee number
20 19.6

Percentage of time spent on facility time

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

Time spent by the relevant union officials
Percentage of time Number of employees
0% 3
1-50% 14
51-99% 1
100% 2

Employee FTE for those who spend at least 50% of time on union duties

The number of full time equivalent employees who spent at least 50% on union duties:

3.0

Basic estimate of spending on unions

The number of full time equivalent days spent on union duties by authority staff that spent the majority of their time on union duties multiplied by their average salary:

£87,484.25

Percentage of pay bill spent on facility time

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

  • Total cost of facility time: £184,780.79
  • Total pay bill: £240,351,381.43

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

0.08%

Paid trade union activities

The percentage of paid facility time hours spent by employees who were relevant union officers for paid trade union activities during the relevant period:

0%

Trade unions represented in the Shared Staffing Arrangement between Richmond and Wandsworth Councils

  • GMB - Richmond and Wandsworth
  • Unison - Richmond and Wandsworth
  • UNITE - Richmond only

CSV report

PDF report

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