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The Trade Union (Facility Time Publication Requirements) Regulations 2017 require The �������� to publish information on trade union facility time annually.

You can view the data in the relevant Financial Statement.

Legislative definitions to refer to:

“Relevant Period”: A period of 12 months beginning with 1 April.

“Full-time Equivalent Employee Number”: The number of relevant trade union officials expressed as the number of full time equivalent employees.

“Relevant Unions Officials”: (a) a trade union official within the meaning of section 119 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (TULRCA); (refer to extract from legislation at Annex 1)

(b) a learning representative of a trade union, within the meaning of section 168A(11) TULRCA; (refer to extract from legislation at Annex 1)

(c) a safety representative appointed under regulations made under section 2(4) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974

“Facilities Time”: Does not include hours attributable to time taken off under section 170(1)(b) of the 1992 Act in respect of which a TU representative does not receive wages (i.e. should cover TU duties but not TU activities).

TU Duties being where there is a statutory right to reasonable paid time off during working hours to undertake recognised duties and to complete training relevant to their TU role. This arises under:

(a) section 168, section 168A of the 1992 Act (TULR(C)A)

(b) section 10(6) of the Employment Relations Act 1999;

(c) regulations made under section 2(4) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974.

“Total Pay Bill”: The total amount of (the total gross amount spent on wages) + (total pension contributions) + (total national insurance contributions) during the relevant period.

Annex 1 – Legislation Extracts

S119 TULCRA:

“official” means—

(a) an officer of the union or of a branch or section of the union, or

(b) a person elected or appointed in accordance with the rules of the union to be a representative of its members or of some of them,

and includes a person so elected or appointed who is an employee of the same employer as the members or one or more of the members whom he is to represent;

168A(11) TULRCA:

For the purposes of this section, a person is a learning representative of a trade union if he is appointed or elected as such in accordance with its rules.