In line with the Trade Union (Facility Time Publication Requirements) Regulations 2017, public sector employers must publish the following information on trade union facility time:

• Number of employees who were relevant union officials during the relevant period
• How many employees who were relevant union officials during the relevant period spent
• a) 0%, b) 1-50%, c) 51-99% or d) 100% of their working hours on facility time
• Percentage of the total pay bill spent on facility time
• Time spent on paid trade union activities as a percentage of total paid facility time hours

Local authorities must publish data separately for:

• Central function employees
• Education function employees
• Fire and rescue function employees (not eligible at NYCC)

Prior to the above Regulation change from April 2017, the Trade Union facility time data complied with the DCLG Local Transparency Code requiring local authorities to publish the following information on trade union facility time:

• total number (absolute number and full time equivalent) of staff who are union representatives (e.g. general, learning and health and safety representatives)
• total number (absolute number and full time equivalent) of union representatives who devote at least 50 per cent of their time to union duties
• names of all trade unions represented in the local authority
• a basic estimate of spending on unions (calculated as the number of full time equivalent days spent on union duties by authority staff that spent the majority of their time on union duties multiplied by the average salary), and
• a basic estimate of spending on unions as a percentage of the total pay bill (calculated as the number of full time equivalent days spent on union duties by authority staff that spent the majority of their time on union duties multiplied by the average salary divided by the total pay bill).