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Workforce equality information

Wyre Council is required to publish a range of workforce data under its duties contained within the Equalities Act 2010. The information published here includes data on gender, disability, ethnicity, age, sickness absence and leavers.

Workforce Report 31 March 2022.

Number of employees

Headcount: 333

Age profile

Age profile workforce equality data
Age band Percentage of headcount Actual number
16 to 24 4 14
25 to 34 12 39
35 to 44 17 56
45 to 54 27 90
55 to 64 33 109
65 and over 8 25

Length of service profile

Length of service workforce equality data
Length of service Percentage of headcount Actual number
Less than 1 year 14 46
1 to 2 years 5 15
2 to 5 years 20 66
5 to 10 years 14 48
10 to 15 years 12 40
15 to 20 years 13 42
20 years and over 23 76

Gender profile

Gender profile workforce equality data
Gender Percentage of headcount Actual number
Males 49 164
Females 51 169

Ethnicity profile

The ethnicity of 98% of employees is ‘White British’. The remaining 2% fall within the following ethnicity groups:

Black Caribbean

White other

Disability profile

Percentage of headcount: 8

Actual number: 26

Sickness absence 2021 - 2022

Average Number of FTE days lost per employee.

Numbers for reasons of absence are as follows:

  • Virus: 124
  • Surgery minor: 158
  • Surgery major: 129
  • Stress - depress work: 72
  • Stress - depress personal: 227
  • Stomach/liver/kidney: 137
  • R.T.A (not ind. injury): 1
  • Pregnancy related: 3
  • Other musculo-skeletal: 31
  • Other: 116
  • Neurological: 55
  • Migraine/headache: 22
  • Infection: 14
  •  Industrial injury: 47
  • Heart/blood pressure/circulation: 133
  • Gynaecology: 36
  • Genito-urinary: 9
  • Fractures: 71
  • Eye/ear/nose/mouth: 23
  • Coronavirus symptoms: 253
  • Cold/flu: 185
  • Chest/respiratory: 15
  • Back pain: 92

Number of leavers 2021 - 2022

Headcount: 50

Reason for leaving headcount:

  • Voluntary resignation: 34
  • Voluntary redundancy: 1
  • Normal retirement (65): 5
  • ER/VRedundancy-E: 1
  • End of temporary contract: 7
  • Early retirement-No E: 1
  • Compulsory redundancy: 1
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