Casualisation agreements between university and trade unions, and implementation
Dear Royal College of Art,
I am writing to request, under the Freedom of Information act, information about casualisation.
Please could you provide the following:
(1) A copy of any agreements between the university and trade unions concerning casualisation, i.e. the use of fixed-term contracts, zero-hours contracts or similar contracts.
(2) The dates any such agreements were reached.
(3) Annual statistics regarding the number of staff employed on fixed-term contracts, dating from before any agreements mentioned in (1) to the present day. If no such agreements exist, then please provide annual statistics for the last five years.
(4) Annual statistics as in (3) regarding the number of staff employed on zero-hours contracts (if possible separated into postgraduate students who are also employed by the university, and other staff employed on zero-hours contracts).
(5) Minutes of meetings between the university and trade unions at which progress of implementation of the agreements mentioned in (1) were discussed.
Yours faithfully,
Francis Higgs
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Dear Francis,
Thank you for your request for information.
We apologise as we will not be able to respond today and are in the
process of finalising your request. We will respond in full as soon as
possible.
We hope this does not cause you inconvenience and thank you for your
patience.
Yours sincerely,
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Dear Francis,
On 15 March 2023 you submitted the following request for information to
the Royal College of Art, please find our response below. We apologise for
the lateness of this response, and hope you find the information useful
and satisfactory.
(1) A copy of any agreements between the university and trade unions
concerning casualisation, i.e. the use of fixed-term contracts, zero-hours
contracts or similar contracts.
The agreements is available online here: [1]Joint Statement from RCA and
RCA UCU | Royal College of Art
(2) The dates any such agreements were reached.
Signed by all parties 28th April 2022, applicable from 1st September 2022.
(3) Annual statistics regarding the number of staff employed on fixed-term
contracts, dating from before any agreements mentioned in (1) to the
present day. If no such agreements exist, then please provide annual
statistics for the last five years.
This is not a total for the year, as Fixed Term contracts start and end
throughout the year, therefore we are providing a snapshot of the total of
Fixed Term contracts as of 30 April 21, 22 and 23.
30 April 2021 30 April 2022 30 April 2023 (TBC)
109 132 250
(4) Annual statistics as in (3) regarding the number of staff employed on
zero-hours contracts (if possible separated into postgraduate students who
are also employed by the university, and other staff employed on
zero-hours contracts).
This information is not a total of all staff who have submitted a claim
within any given year. This data is a snapshot of individuals who
submitted a time-sheet claim that was paid at the 30th April for 2021 and
2022 . As the payroll has not run for April 2023 this data is not held,
however we can provide comparable data for March 2023.
It is not possible for us to separate out post graduate students from our
other staff cohort as this data is not currently held on our system, so we
cannot report on them separately.
30 April 2021 30 April 2022 31 March 2023
VL 172 125 0
Casuals 31 48 12
(5) Minutes of meetings between the university and trade unions at which
progress of implementation of the agreements mentioned in (1) were
discussed.
This was discussed across various forums, please find attached.
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Dear RCA Freedom of Information,
Thank you very much for your response.
Yours sincerely,
Francis Higgs
Thank you for your enquiry under the Freedom of Information Act. We
acknowledge receipt of your email and will respond within 20 working days
with your response. Or alternatively, will be in touch to seek further
clarification from you about the information you require.
You can find out more information about the Royal College of Arts in our
[1]Guide to published information.
Yours sincerely,
Data Protection, Records and Information Officer
E: foi[2]@rca.ac.uk
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