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Staffing information
Pay Policy
Gender pay gap
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Trade Union facility time 2023/24
01/04/2023 - 31/03/2024
- Total Number of Central Function Employees: 1 to 500 employees
- Trade Unions represented at Dover District Council: Unison and GMB (MPO)
- Total number of trade union representatives employed (include employees who were not representatives for the full 12 months): 2
- Total full time equivalent number of representatives: 1.5 FTE
- Total amount of time representatives spent on facility time: 42 hours
- Estimated percentage of the total pay bill spent on facility time: £876.412 = 0.0041%
- Percentage of working hours each representative spent on facility time:
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Percentage of time
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Number of employees
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0%
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0
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1-50%
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2
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51% - 99%
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0
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100%
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0
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- Number of Union Representatives who devote at least 50% of their time to facilities time: none
- Total amount of time representatives spent on paid union activities: 42
- Total time spent on paid trade union activities as a percentage of total paid facility time hours: 100%
- Total amount of time representatives spent on unpaid union activities: 47 hours
Apprenticeship Statutory Return
Dover District Council’s total number of employees was 480 as of the 31st March 2023, the day before the first day of the reporting period. Of those 480 employees, 13 were apprentices.
During the reporting period of 1 April 2023 – 31 March 2024, Dover District Council employed a further 87 members of staff. 4 new apprenticeships commenced in that same period.
By the end of the reporting period 31 March 2024, Dover District Council’s total number of employees was 499, although we employed a further 87 people in 2023-2024 our headcount increased by 19. On 31 March 2024, 16 of Dover District Council’s total headcount were apprentices.
Therefore, 3.20% of the workforce were apprentices in this year.
In the last year Dover District Council has seen several existing apprentices complete their studies and move on to new roles, many within the Council as well as successful completion of apprenticeships by existing employees, providing them with progression opportunities within the Council.
The Council is planning to develop its Apprenticeship Strategy in 2024-25. The Council will do this by continuing to provide administrative, supervisory, and professional apprenticeships across an even wider range of disciplines. Opportunities will be offered for new apprentices to join the Council, and internally further development opportunities for existing employees will be encouraged and supported.
Breakdown of numbers
01/04/2022 – 31/03/2023
480 Headcount as of the 31st March 2023
13 of the total headcount were apprentices in that period
2.71% of the workforce are apprentices
01/04/2023 – 31/03/2024
499 headcount as of the 31st March 2024
16 of total headcount were apprentices in that period
3.20% of the workforce are apprentices
Contact
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