Pay Ratio 2013

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Rustam Majainah

Dear University of Leicester,

Please could you send the following information as outlined in the Freedom of Information Act for the year ending 31 July 2013, or for the financial year in which 31 July 2013 falls. If information for that period is not yet available, please use the most recent information you have. Please specify what period this information refers to at the beginning of your answer.

1. i) The number of individuals employed by the university who receive total remuneration* of £140,000 pa or more.

ii) The number of these individuals who are women.

2. The total remuneration* of the highest paid employee.

3. i) The number of individuals directly employed by the university who are paid less than the Living Wage of £7.65 per hour [or £8.80 per hour within Greater London].

ii) The number of these individuals (paid less than Living Wage) who are women.

iii) If available, the number of individuals employed by outside contractors to provide services at your university who are paid less than the Living Wage of £7.65 per hour [or £8.80 per hour within Greater London].

iv) Whether your university has a policy to require on-site staff working for external contractors to be paid Living Wage rates as a minimum.

4. i) The number of employees paid at exactly the National Minimum Wage, including those employed by outside contractors to work at your university.

ii) The number of these individuals (paid at exactly National Minimum Wage) who are women.

5. i) The number of apprentices employed by your university.

ii) The lowest remuneration* received by apprentices employed by your university.

6. The ratio between the total remuneration* of the highest-paid employee and the total remuneration* of the lowest-paid employee.

7. The ratio between the total remuneration* of the highest-paid employee and the total remuneration* of the median-paid employee.

*[adapted from the government's definition of remuneration (for local authority chief officers) under section 43 of the Localism Act 2011] Remuneration meaning:
(a)salary or, in the case of an individual engaged under a contract for services, payments made by the university to the individual those services,
(b)any bonuses payable by the university to the individual,
(c)any charges, fees or allowances payable by the authority to the individual,
(d)any benefits in kind to which the individual is entitled as a result of their office or employment,
(e)any increase in or enhancement of the individual's pension entitlement where the increase or enhancement is as a result of a resolution of the university, and
(f)any amounts payable by the university to the individual on the individual ceasing to hold office under or be employed by the university, other than amounts that may be payable by virtue of any enactment.
(g) calculated as full-time equivalent

Yours faithfully,

Rustam Majainah

Dear Rustam,

I write to acknowledge receipt of your request, dated 22nd June 2014, made under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Please note the effective date of the request, i.e. date of receipt of your request by the University of Leicester for processing, is 22nd June 2014 and that the latest date by which the University must respond under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 is 18th July 2014.

I will arrange for the information to which you are entitled under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to be supplied to you as soon as reasonably possible, and in any event within the period set out by the Act.

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any queries regarding your request.

Regards,

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Paul Starkey
Senior Information Assurance Officer
Information Assurance Services
University of Leicester,
University Road, Leicester LE1 7RH,
Tel. 0116 229 7945
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Dear Rustam,

I write on behalf of the University of Leicester in response to your request, dated 22nd June, made under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Our response is as follows.

1. i) The number of individuals employed by the university who receive total remuneration* of £140,000 pa or more.
37 in the period 01/08/2012 to 31/07/2013

ii) The number of these individuals who are women.
5 in the period 01/08/2012 to 31/07/2013

2. The total remuneration* of the highest paid employee.
£254,341.64 in the period 01/08/2012 to 31/07/2013

3. i) The number of individuals directly employed by the university who are paid less than the Living Wage of £7.65 per hour [or £8.80 per hour within Greater London].
401 at 31/05/2014

ii) The number of these individuals (paid less than Living Wage) who are women.
271 at 31/05/2014

iii) If available, the number of individuals employed by outside contractors to provide services at your university who are paid less than the Living Wage of £7.65 per hour [or £8.80 per hour within Greater London].
n/a

iv) Whether your university has a policy to require on-site staff working for external contractors to be paid Living Wage rates as a minimum.
No

4. i) The number of employees paid at exactly the National Minimum Wage, including those employed by outside contractors to work at your university.
0 at 31/05/2014 (excluding eternal contractors)

ii) The number of these individuals (paid at exactly National Minimum Wage) who are women.
n/a

5. i) The number of apprentices employed by your university.
0 at 31/07/2013

ii) The lowest remuneration* received by apprentices employed by your university.
n/a

6. The ratio between the total remuneration* of the highest-paid employee and the total remuneration* of the lowest-paid employee.
It has not been possible to calculate full-time equivalent earnings for each member of staff because of the complexities of:
• Some staff having more than one period of employment in the year
• Some staff receiving payments for pieces of work rather than a period of time
• Some staff receiving payments for a number of hours of work but the number of hours not being recorded centrally
• Some staff having maternity and/or long term sickness absences
• Some staff receiving other payments not related to a period of time
• Some staff having more than one contract of employment with the University

As such the response given is the ratio, as determined by the basic pay at 31/07/2013, of the highest and lowest paid on a full-time equivalent basis. This ignores cases where the individual is on a reduced rate because of age, i.e. under 18, or on a rate determined by an external sponsoring body, e.g. an apprentice on the NMW for apprentices.
VC v Nuffield TUPE level NA @ £13,029
£254,341.64 : £13,029 =

19.52 : 1

7. The ratio between the total remuneration* of the highest-paid employee and the total remuneration* of the median-paid employee.

Notes as above

252175 / 31330.5 =

8.05:1

If you have any concerns or wish to complain about any aspect of this response then in the first instance please contact the University's Freedom of Information Officer (Mr Colin Atkinson: 0116 252 2412, [email address]).

Please be aware that it is also your legal right under Section 50 of the Freedom of Information Act, to apply to the Information Commissioner for a decision whether a request for information made to the University has been dealt with in accordance with the provisions of the Act. It should be noted that there is a requirement that there will be no undue delay in making the application and there is an expectation that the complainant will have exhausted the University's internal complaints procedure.

Complaints to the Information Commissioner should be addressed to:

FoI Compliance Team (Complaints)
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF

I hope you find this response helpful. Please don't hesitate to contact me if you have any queries regarding the above.

Regards,

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Paul Starkey
Senior Information Assurance Officer
Information Assurance Services
University of Leicester,
University Road, Leicester LE1 7RH,
Tel. 0116 229 7945
mailto:[email address]

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