Staff at Sheffield Hallam University on Zero-Hours Contracts?
Dear Sheffield Hallam University,
Please provide the exact number of employees and workers at Sheffield Hallam Universisty who are on zero-hours contracts.
Please provide a breakdown of the university's reliance on zero-hours contracts by type of staff, e.g. academic, administrative, disability support workers, security, estates, catering, library, other.
Please also provide numbers for the current 2020-2021 academic year, and also for previous years.
Yours faithfully,
Drew Johnson
Reference: FOI/2021/134
Dear Mr Johnson,
I am writing to acknowledge receipt of your Freedom of Information request on 20th December 2020. We will respond to your request in due course and within the 20 working days stipulated by the Freedom of Information Act.
Please be aware that University buildings are closed and staff are working remotely during the Covid-19 pandemic. We will endeavour to respond to your request in full and within the statutory timescales. Should there be any delays or issues with information requests due to the current situation we will try to keep you informed. Thank you for your understanding.
Should you need to contact us regarding this request, please use our reference: FOI/2021/134.
Kind regards,
Information Governance Team
Governance, Legal and Sector Regulation
Sheffield Hallam University
Howard Street
Sheffield S1 1WB
Telephone +44 (0)114 225 5555
FOI/2021/134
Dear Mr Johnson,
Following our email dated 21st December please could you confirm one part
of your request? You have stated 'Please also provide numbers for the
current 2020-2021 academic year, and also for previous years.' Could you
confirm which previous years you are requesting the information from?
Kind regards,
Information Governance Team
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Governance, Legal and Sector Regulation
Sheffield Hallam University
Howard Street
Sheffield S1 1WB
Telephone +44 (0)114 225 5555
[2]www.shu.ac.uk
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Dear Sheffield Hallam University,
Thank you for your quick response. If possible, could you please provide information for the following previous years: 2019-2020 and 2018-2019?
Yours sincerely,
Drew Johnson
Thank you for contacting the Information Governance team at Sheffield
Hallam University. The University is closed from Thursday 24th December
and will reopen on Monday 4th January 2021. We will respond to your email
as soon as possible in the New Year.
Kind regards,
Information Governance team.
Reference: FOI/2021/134
Dear Mr Johnson,
I am writing in response to your Freedom of Information request regarding
staff on zero-hours contracts at Sheffield Hallam University. Please see
the information below in response to your request.
o Please provide the exact number of employees and workers at Sheffield
Hallam University who are on zero-hours contracts.
o Please provide a breakdown of the university's reliance on zero-hours
contracts by type of staff, e.g. academic, administrative, disability
support workers, security, estates, catering, library, other.
o Please also provide numbers for the current 2020-2021 academic year,
and also for previous years – as per your follow up email to our
request for clarification we have provided information for 2018/19 and
2019/20
For information,
o Staff on zero-hours contracts are permanent employees who work
variable hours. They are issued with a 'zero-hours' contract at the
start of their employment.
o Where a job role does not match the categories you have specified we
have included them in ‘other’. Currently ‘other’ zero-hours job roles
may include sports coaches, group fitness instructors.
o The figures provided are the number of staff employed as at 1^st
August in each academic year and provided on head count basis i.e. an
individual with more than one contract will only be counted once, not
per contract.
Type of staff 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21
Academic 737 847 726
Disability Support Workers 35 26 22
Other 35 41 49
Total 807 914 797
This concludes the University’s response to your request. Should you be
dissatisfied with how the University has handled your request, please
consult the attached complaints procedure.
Regards,
Information Governance Team
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Governance, Legal and Sector Regulation
Sheffield Hallam University
Howard Street
Sheffield S1 1WB
Telephone +44 (0)114 225 5555
[2]www.shu.ac.uk
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