Data on wages and employment practices

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Dear Trinity Hall, Cambridge,

I am writing to make a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 for information relating to your employment practices. I would like to know the following:

1. As of August 15th 2018, the lowest hourly wage (excluding benefits) paid by the college to employees, over the age of 18, who are not trainees or apprentices.

2. Please outline any cash benefits that were given to staff paid your lowest hourly wage, who are over the age of 18, and who are not trainees or apprentices, in the year prior to August 15th 2018 and how these are allocated.

3. As of August 15th 2018, the number of staff (if any), over the age of 18, who are employed by the college and paid below £8.75 per hour.

4. As of August 15th 2018, the percentage of staff employed by the college in non-academic/administrative positions who are over the age of 18 and paid below £8.75 per hour.

5. As of August 15th 2018, is the college currently in the process of gaining accreditation from the Living Wage Foundation?

6. The name(s) of any external employment agencies used to provide staff in the year prior to August 15th 2018.

7. If the college uses any external employment agencies to provide staff, the number of contracted staff who worked 2 or more hours a day, in any day of the week, for 8 or more consecutive weeks, in the year prior to August 15th 2018, who were paid below £8.75 per hour.

If you are to invoke Section 43 to withhold information in relation to any of these questions please note you must provide details of the exact FOIA exemption, details of who would be prejudiced by this information, and a public interest test justifying a conclusion with arguments for and against the release of the information.

Thank you very much for your assistance with this request. If you would like any clarification on the information I have asked for, please don’t hesitate to get in touch. I look forward to receiving your response in the next 20 working days.

Yours faithfully,

Joseph Cook

Dear Trinity Hall, Cambridge,

I am writing to you to remind you of your legal requirement to have replied to the FOI I sent on the 16 August 2018 that is now 5 days past the legal time limit.

When answering the FOI please ensure that your answer to Question 1 is given as an exact figure and does NOT include holiday pay and refers to the lowest hourly wage paid by the college to employees (INCLUDING casual workers), over the age of 18, who are not trainees or apprentices.

Please take this into account when answering questions 3 and 4 in reference to these employees on the lowest hourly wage, ensuring that you do not take holiday pay into account.

To be clear for example if a casual worker earns £8 per hour plus £1 per hour holiday pay, they should still be counted as a worker earning less than £8.75 per hour in questions 3 and 4.

I would much appreciate a prompt reply.

Many thanks,

Joseph Cook

Trinity Hall FOI Officer, Trinity Hall, Cambridge

Dear Mr Cook,

Apologies for the delay in getting you a response.

In the light of your clarification below that you require casual workers to be included in the calculations we will get our response to you by the end of the week.

Regards,

Sheila Hunter
Bursar’s PA and Compliance Officer

Trinity Hall | Cambridge | CB2 1TJ
Email:  [email address]

Trinity Hall, Cambridge Registered Charity No: 1137458
www.trinhall.cam.ac.uk

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Dear Mr Cook,

As promised please find attached our response to your request.

Regards,

Sheila Hunter
Bursar’s PA and Compliance Officer

Trinity Hall | Cambridge | CB2 1TJ
Email:  [email address]

Trinity Hall, Cambridge Registered Charity No: 1137458
www.trinhall.cam.ac.uk

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