Pay Ratios
Dear University of Plymouth,
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
Reference: FOI/2012
FOI Reference: 000159
Date: 4th December 2012
Dear Mr Majainah,
Thank you for your information request. Your request is being dealt with under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act and will be answered within 20 working days.
If you have any queries in relation to your request please do not hesitate to contact me.
Kind regards,
Gill Beer
Admin Team Leader
Corporate Finance & Governance
Plymouth University
Tel: (01752 5)87159
Hello Rustam,
Just a quick update on your recent FOI request. Unfortunately as the University will be closed from Monday 24th December until Tuesday 1st January we will not be able to get the information that you requested back to you before we close.
We expect to be able to respond by Friday 11th January and I hope that this will be acceptable to you. However if you have any further queries please don't hesitate to get back to me.
Kind regards,
Gill
Reference: FOI/2012
FOI Reference: 000160
Date: 14th January 2013
Dear Mr Majainah,
Thank you for your recent information request. Please find attached the
following documents;
1. Copy of your request.
2. Released information.
The information has been provided in the attached document. If you are
dissatisfied with the outcome, or how your request for information has
been handled you have the right to appeal. Please address appeals to:
Governance Unit
Governance, Secretariat and Registry
Room 001, Hepworth House
University of Plymouth
Drake Circus
Plymouth
PL4 8AA
If you have any further queries concerning this matter please do not
hesitate to contact me.
Gill Beer
Admin Team Leader
Corporate Finance & Governance
4th Floor Nancy Astor Building
Plymouth University
Drake Circus
PLYMOUTH. PL4 8AA
Tel: 01752 587159
Dear Gill Beer,
Please could you include apprentice salaries in your answer to Q5.
Yours sincerely,
Rustam Majainah
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