Trade union facilities time

Trade Union Facilities Time – Reporting Requirements

The Trade Union Act 2016 requires public sector employers (including HEIs in England and Scotland) to publish certain information on trade union facility time. The requirements apply to public sector employers with 50 or more employees (FTE) and at least one relevant trade union official.

Employers must publish the required information relating to the 12-month “relevant period”, which is the 12 months from 1 April to 31 March every year. These figures relate to the 12 months ending 31 March 2023.

Table 1 – Relevant Union Officials

Number of employees who were relevant union officials during the relevant period.	Full-time equivalent employee number
11	10.4

Table 2 – Percentage of time spend of facility time

Percentage of time	Number of Employees
0%	0
1-50%	10
51-99%	0
100%	1

Table 3 – Percentage of pay bill spent of facility time

	£
Total cost of facility time	170,175
Total pay bill	52,213,521
Percentage of the total pay bill spent on facility time	0.33%

Table 4 – Paid trade union activities

Time spent on paid trade union activities as
a % of total paid facility time hours

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