Employment Practices 2019
Dear Lucy Cavendish College, 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 July 16th 2019, the exact lowest hourly wage (excluding benefits) paid by the college to workers (employees or casual workers), over the age of 18, who are not trainees or apprentices, not including holiday pay.
2. Please outline any cash benefits that were given to workers (employees or casual workers) paid your lowest hourly wage, who are over the age of 18, and who are not trainees or apprentices, in the year prior to July 16th 2019 and how these are allocated.
3. As of July 16th 2019, the number of workers (employees or casual workers), if any, over the age of 18, who are paid by the college and paid below £9 per hour.
4. As of July 16th 2019, the percentage of workers (employees or casual workers) in the college in non-academic/administrative positions who are over the age of 18 and paid below £9 per hour.
5. As of July 16th 2019, any benefits given to workers paid below £9 per hour. This could include, but is not restricted to, things like: meals, paid holidays, healthcare and dental schemes, uniforms, car parking, bonuses, cycle purchase schemes, etc.
6. As of July 16th 2019, are there any conditions for benefits given to workers paid below £9 per hour. This could include, but is not restricted to: probation periods, minimum employment times, minimum work amounts, good behaviour.
7. As of July 16th 2019, is the college currently in the process of gaining accreditation from the Living Wage Foundation?
8. The name(s) of any external employment agencies used to provide staff in the year prior to July 16th 2019.
9. 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 July 16th 2019, who were paid below £9 per hour.
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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,
Ben Margolis
To Ben Margolis
By email: <[1][FOI #590406 email]>
Dear Ben Margolis
Our ref: f2019-018 Employment Practices 2019
Further to your FOI request, set out below, I am responding on behalf of
Lucy Cavendish College, as follows:
1. As of July 16th 2019, the exact lowest hourly wage (excluding benefits)
paid by the college to workers (employees or casual workers), over the age
of 18, who are not trainees or apprentices, not including holiday pay.
£8.21
2. Please outline any cash benefits that were given to workers (employees
or casual workers) paid your lowest hourly wage, who are over the age of
18, and who are not trainees or apprentices, in the year prior to July
16th 2019 and how these are allocated.
Conference bonus payable in December allocated across all employees
3. As of July 16th 2019, the number of workers (employees or casual
workers), if any, over the age of 18, who are paid by the college and paid
below £9 per hour.
32 casual staff are employed predominantly in the summers months in the
various departments: Waiting, Housekeeping and Catering. These workers are
normally students or those supplementing other roles and is not their only
source of income. All permanent staff are paid Living Wage.
4. As of July 16th 2019, the percentage of workers (employees or casual
workers) in the college in non-academic/administrative positions who are
over the age of 18 and paid below £9 per hour.
164 total staff = 5%
5. As of July 16th 2019, any benefits given to workers paid below £9 per
hour. This could include, but is not restricted to, things like: meals,
paid holidays, healthcare and dental schemes, uniforms, car parking,
bonuses, cycle purchase schemes, etc.
meals, paid holidays, healthcare, uniforms, car parking, bonuses
6. As of July 16th 2019, are there any conditions for benefits given to
workers paid below £9 per hour. This could include, but is not restricted
to: probation periods, minimum employment times, minimum work amounts,
good behaviour.
No
7. As of July 16th 2019, is the college currently in the process of
gaining accreditation from the Living Wage Foundation?
No
8. The name(s) of any external employment agencies used to provide staff
in the year prior to July 16th 2019.
Interaction, Manpower, The Workshop Partnership, Blue Arrow
9. 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
July 16th 2019, who were paid below £9 per hour.
n/a
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Yours sincerely,
Alison Vinnicombe
Ms Alison A Vinnicombe | Registrar & Fellow
Lucy Cavendish College, Lady Margaret Road, Cambridge, CB3 0BU
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