FOI Request - Working Week, Overtime and LGPS Membership

Request 101002988818

For the Scottish Joint Council bargaining unit can you provide the following information?

1. The hours for a normal Full-Time Equivalent working week?
o If this is not standardised across the workforce, can you outline how many workers work to each different FTE working week?
2. What overtime rates apply to this workforce, and can you provide any relevant detail to the application of these overtime rates?

3. Can you provide number of employees per grade split by male and female?
4. Can you provide the number of employees enrolled in LGPS (Local Government Pension Scheme) per grade split by male and female?

Response 27-09-2022

Information as at 31.01.2022

1.  We have both;

36.25 = 1980  

37 = 2638 

These figures are based on positions, not number of Employees, as some employees have more than one position

2. Below are the details from the employees T&Cs:

3. STANDARD WORKING WEEK
Regular working hours will not normally be in excess of 37 per week. Salary/wages will be calculated by multiplying the appropriate hourly rate by the hours and weeks worked.
4. OVERTIME
Normal Hours: The normal hours of work for calculation of overtime shall be hours in excess of 37 per week. All hours worked up to 37 hours per week shall be paid at plain time.
Enhanced Payments: Enhanced payments shall be paid for hours in excess of 37 per week at:
Time and a half Monday to Saturday, except between midnight and 6am;
Double time on Sundays, public holidays and Monday to Friday between 12 midnight and 6am.

5. IRREGULAR HOURS
The average normal working week over a year should not exceed 37 (excluding overtime) although individual working patterns may vary. The normal hours each week shall be worked over a maximum of any five days per week, unless an alternative agreement has been reached with the relevant trade unions. Plain time will be paid for the hours between 6am and 8pm.
Time and a third will be paid for all hours worked as part of the normal working week from:
8pm to 6am Monday to Friday
All hours on Saturday and Sunday

6. PUBLIC HOLIDAY WORKING
For work required on a public holiday, the allowance will be at the rate of double time for all hours worked within an employee’s normal working hours. In addition, at a later date, time off with pay will be granted as follows:
When the time worked is less than four hours – half day off
When the time worked is four hours or more – full day off

Alternatively, where it may be difficult to grant time off with pay at a later date, the payment at the rate of treble time for all hours worked may be made in complete recompense.

3. 

36.25 = Male   498     / Female  1482
37.00 = Male  537     / Female  2101
 

4. The response to your request can be found here.