Pay Ratios

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Dear University of Abertay Dundee,

Please could you send the following information as outlined in the
Freedom of Information Act for the year ending 31 July 2012, or for
the financial year in which 31 July 2012 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. The number of individuals employed by the university who receive
total remuneration* of £140,000 pa or more

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 £7.20 per hour [or £8.30
per hour within Greater London]

ii) 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 £7.20 per hour [or £8.30 per hour
within Greater London]

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

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

6. 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

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Freedom of Information, University of Abertay Dundee

Dear Mr Majainah,
 
With regards your Freedom of Information request of 3^rd December 2012,
regarding Pay Ratios, I can confirm that the University holds this
information and is releasing this to you in full.
 
The University’s Response
 
Data supplied as at 31 July 2012 as per Annual Report and Financial
Statements

Question 1 One

Question 2 £273k

Question 3 (I) Nil, excluding casual staff (who are detailed in question
4)

Question 3 (ii) N/A

Question 3 (iii) No

Question 4 59 casual staff (all University staff). No data is available
for external contractors.

Question 5 1:19.9

Question 6 1:1.9

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Dear University of Abertay,

I'd just like to check that your answer to question 6 is correct. Is the ratio between your median employee and highest employee's pay 1:1.9, meaning that your median employee pay is £143k? As you have said in your answer, you only have one employee paid more than £140k, so unless you only employ two people I don't think this adds up!

Yours sincerely,

Rustam Majainah

Freedom of Information, University of Abertay Dundee

Dear Mr Majainah,
 
With regards your Freedom of Information request and your email of the
4^th January 2013 seeking clarification, I can confirm that an amendment
has been made to the original response sent to you.       
 
The University’s Response
 
Data supplied as at 31 July 2012 as per Annual Report and Financial
Statements
 
Question 6: The correct ratio is 1:6.73 and not 1:1.9 as previously
stated. 
 
Your right to seek a review of how your information request was managed
 
If you are not satisfied with our response or our reasoning set-out above,
you have forty working days in which to request a review of our decision.
Any request should be put in writing and should be sent to Professor Steve
Olivier, University of Abertay Dundee, at the address provided below. The
request should:
 
(a) detail your request for a review of our decision to be undertaken
(b) describe the nature of your original request
(c) explain the reasons why you are dissatisfied with our response
 
Office of the Vice-Principal & Deputy Vice-Chancellor
University of Abertay Dundee
Bell Street
Dundee
DD1 1HD
Tel (01382) 308016
 
E-mail [email address]
 
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dealt with, you also have the right to apply to the Scottish Information
Commissioner for a decision as to whether we have handled your request
properly.
 
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