Living Wage Accreditation

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Dear Edinburgh College,

Under FOISA please advise the following in electronic format:

Please advise if your college is living wage accredited?

Please advise if there are any members of staff in your employ that earn under the current living wage amount per hour?

Pleasr advise if your college have any outsourced staff?

If so please advise the name of the contractor and the remit of their contract?

Additionally please confirm that any contract with an outsourced contracter includes a caveat that ensures they pay staff the living wage if your college is listed as being Living Wage Accredited?

Please advise if any oursourced contractor you have entered into a contract with is indeed paying staff at least the Living Wage as at the current amount per hour?

Please respond with a full disclosure within 20 working days.

Yours faithfully,

Jennifer Kelly

Edinburgh College Freedom of Information, Edinburgh College

Dear Ms Kelly

 

Our Ref: 068/16/17

 

We are in receipt of your request for information under the Freedom of
Information (Scotland) Act 2002 and will respond by 04 December 2017.

 

Kind regards

FOI Team

 

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Edinburgh College Freedom of Information, Edinburgh College

Dear Ms Kelly

 

Our Ref: 068/16/17

 

As of 1 October 2012, Edinburgh’s Telford College, Jewel & Esk College and
Stevenson College merged to create a single college called Edinburgh
College.

 

We refer to your request for information dated 06 November 2017. The
College has considered your request as a request for information under
section 1 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (“FOISA”):

 

068/16/17 (1): Please advise if your college is living wage accredited?

 

Yes

 

068/16/17 (2): Please advise if there are any members of staff in your
employ that earn under the current living wage amount per hour?

 

No

 

068/16/17 (3): Pleasr advise if your college have any outsourced staff?

 

It is unclear if your question is looking for information on the college
outsourcing its staff or whether the reference is to external contractors
that we use. We assume you are referring to external contractors.

 

ISS is the college’s only contracted supplier who provide onsite staff.

 

068/16/17 (4): If so please advise the name of the contractor and the
remit of their contract?

 

ISS provide total facilities management.

 

068/16/17 (5): Additionally please confirm that any contract with an
outsourced contracter includes a caveat that ensures they pay staff the
living wage if your college is listed as being Living Wage Accredited?

 

The college adheres to the Edinburgh Region Procurement Team (ERPT)
Procurement strategy (Jan 2017-July 2018) which states that:

 

6.9 The living wage – the Member Institutions recognise the value of a
well motivated and dedicated workforce both in its own organisation and in
those of its suppliers. In compliance with the Act the ERPT will consider,
before undertaking a procurement, whether it is relevant and proportionate
to include a question on fair work practices along with other relevant
criteria, whilst ensuring the appropriate balance between quality and cost
of the contract, paying regard to the statutory guidance including the
application the living wage.

 

068/16/17 (6): Please advise if any oursourced contractor you have entered
into a contract with is indeed paying staff at least the Living Wage as at
the current amount per hour?

 

As stated in our response to 068/16/17 (3), ISS is the college’s only
contracted supplier who provide onsite staff. ISS pay the National Living
wage to all their staff.

 

If this response does not address your question, we would be grateful if
could clarify the scope of your question.

 

Please note, if your question is looking for information on all staff
employed by organisations with whom the college has had a contractual
relationship, the level of work involved in preparing all of this
requested information would exceed the £600 fee.

 

If you are looking for information on all staff employed by organisations
with whom the college currently has a contractual relationship, we are
unable to provide this requested data without undertaking significant
work. Where the cost for collection and preparation of data exceeds £100,
the college applies a charge for responding to the request. Could you
please confirm if you would like the college to seek to undertake this
work and we will provide a costing.

 

Edinburgh College is subject to the provisions of the Freedom of
Information (Scotland) Act (FOISA) 2002. If you are dissatisfied with this
response, you may ask the college to review this decision. To do this,
please contact the Head of Corporate Development at the postal address
below or e-mail the Head of Corporate Development at
[email address] describing your original request and
explaining your grounds for dissatisfaction. (Please include in your
review request, your name and home address for correspondence).

 

You have 40 working days from receipt of this letter to submit a review
request to:

 

Head of Corporate Development

4th Floor

Edinburgh College (Milton Road Campus)

24 Milton Road East

Edinburgh

EH15 2PP

 

When the review process has been completed and if you are still
dissatisfied, you may ask the Scottish Information Commissioner to
intervene.

 

The Commissioner’s online appeal service is available from their website:
www.itspublicknowledge.info/Appeal

 

The  online appeal service is available 24/7 and offers you real time help
and advice about your appeal.

 

You must appeal to the Commissioner within six months of receiving the
review decision.

 

You also have the right to appeal to the Court of Session on a point of
law following a decision of the Commissioner.

 

Regards

FOI Team

 

 

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