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Trade union facility time

As part of the local government transparency code, councils must publish the following information on trade union facility time:

  • trade union representatives and full-time equivalents
  • percentage of working hours spent on facility time
  • total pay bill and facility time cost
  • paid trade union activities

Trade union facility time - central function

Barnsley Borough Council (central function employees)
1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025

Employees in the organisation

  • 1501 to 5000 employees

Trade union representatives and full-time equivalents

  • Trade union representatives: 24
  • FTE trade union representatives: 23.3

Percentage of working hours spent on facility time

  • 0% of working hours: 5 representatives
  • 1 to 50% of working hours: 16 representatives
  • 51 to 99% of working hours: 0 representatives
  • 100% of working hours: 3 representatives

Total pay bill and facility time costs

  • Total pay bill: £148,884,808
  • Total cost of facility time: £179,163
  • Percentage of pay spent on facility time: 0.12%

Paid trade union activities

  • Hours spent on paid facility time: 6079.5 hours
  • Hours spent on paid trade union activities: 483 hours
  • Percentage of total paid facility time hours spent on paid TU activities: 7.94%

Trade union facility time - education function

Barnsley Borough Council (education function employees)
1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025

Employees in the organisation

  • 1501 to 5000 employees

Trade union representatives and full-time equivalents

  • Trade union representatives: 6
  • FTE trade union representatives: 4.2

Percentage of working hours spent on facility time

  • 0% of working hours: 0 representative
  • 1 to 50% of working hours: 3 representative
  • 51 to 99% of working hours: 0 representatives
  • 100% of working hours: 3 representatives

Total pay bill and facility time costs

  • Total pay bill: £46,417,808
  • Total cost of facility time: £127,349
  • Percentage of pay spent on facility time: 0.27%

Paid trade union activities

  • Hours spent on paid facility time: 2,475 hours
  • Hours spent on paid trade union activities: 59 hours
  • Percentage of total paid facility time hours spent on paid TU activities: 2.38%

Trade unions represented in the council

  • AEP
  • The ASPECT group of PROSPECT
  • GMB
  • NAHT
  • NASUWT
  • NEU
  • RCN
  • UCU
  • UNISON
  • Unite

Trade union contact details

GMB

Email andrewsteele@barnsley.gov.uk or call (01226) 772 980.

NASUWT

Email secretary.barnsley@nasuwt.org.uk or call 07825 345947.

NEU

Email selina.hardwick@neu.org.uk, carron.popplewell@neu.org.uk or call 01302 342448.

UNISON

Email branchoffice@unisonbarnsleylg.org or call (01226) 772 988.

Unite

Contact Unite online or call 0114 321 0702.