About the workforce of Broxbourne Borough Council

Broxbourne Council employs approximately 672 staff.  Because of its proximity to London and the M25, the Council is able to draw its staff from a wider catchment than just the Borough.  However the Council monitors how the composition of its workforce compares to that of the Borough.   Information about the workforce is collected using the SNOWDROP system.  The following sections provide a snapshot of this data as at January 2012, and compares this to available data on residents of the Borough.  The sections reflect the nine protected characteristics of the Equality Act 2010 where data exists.  The Council does not currently record data on the following protected characteristics of its staff, or of candidates for appointment, but plans to do so in the future where appropriate:

•        Religion or belief of staff
•        Sexual orientation
•        Gender reassignment (transgender)
• ·      Pregnancy or maternity, except if it occurs during employment

Age

The Council has a higher percentage of the workforce aged between 45 and 64 years old (50.74%) than the same age group within the Borough’s population (25.20%).  Younger employees (age 16-24) make up 9.82% of the Council’s staff compared to 10.90% of the population.  The age profile of Council staff is as follows:

Disability

The proportion of disabled staff (those who have self-declared as having a disability) is 1.64% of the total workforce, or 11 out of the 672 staff employed by the Council. 

Marriage and civil partnerships

The details on staff marital status are as follows:

Pregnancy and maternity

The Council offers a range of flexible working options enabling those who wish to return to different working arrangements following maternity leave to do so in the majority of cases.  Since 2005 the number of staff who have taken maternity and paternity leave, and those who have not returned following this leave is shown below:

Ethnicity

The 2006 mid-year estimates record 92.70% of the residents of the Borough as being white, and the remaining 7.3% being from minority ethnic groups.  The Council’s workforce profile is similar with minority ethnic staff making up 5.65% of employees.

Between 01.07.2010 and 30.06.2011 staff turnover by ethnic group was as follows:

Gender

The workforce comprises 57% women and 43% male, compared to 51.7% and 48.3% respectively in the local community.  Between 01.07.2010 and 30.06.2011 staff turnover by gender was as follows:

Recruitment

Equalities monitoring data is recorded for all recruitment events.  The table below relates to recruitment activity between 01.04.2010 and 31.03.2011.