The Cabinet Office issued supporting guidance on The Trade Union (Facility Time Publication Requirements) Regulations 2017. The regulations apply from 1 April 2017 and require public sector employers to collect and publish a range of information on Trade Union (TU) facility time in respect of their employees who are TU representatives.
Trade Union Facility Time - Scottish Forestry 2019 - 2020
| Number of employees who were relevant TU officials during the year | 3 | |
| FTE of relevant TU officials | 3 | |
| The number of employees who were relevant TU officials during the year as a percentage of their working hours spent on facility time | a) 0% | 1 |
| b) 1-50% | 2 | |
| c) 51-99% | 0 | |
| d) 100% | 0 | |
| Percentage of the total pay bill spent on facility time | 0.032% | |
| Time spent on paid trade union activities as a percentage of total paid facility time hours | 100% | |
Trade Union Facility Time - Forestry Commission Scotland in 2018-19
| Number of employees who were relevant TU officials during the year | 2 | |
| FTE of relevant TU officials | 2 | |
| The number of employees who were relevant TU officials during the year as a percentage of their working hours spent on facility time | a) 0% | 1 |
| b) 1-50% | 1 | |
| c) 51-99% | 0 | |
| d) 100% | 0 | |
| Percentage of the total pay bill spent on facility time | 0.036% | |
| Time spent on paid trade union activities as a percentage of total paid facility time hours | 100% | |
Trade Union Facility Time - Forestry Commission Scotland in 2017-18
| What was the total number of your employees who were relevant union officials during the relevant period? | 2 | |
| The number of employees who were relevant TU officials during the year as a percentage of their working hours spent on facility time | a) 0% | 1 |
| b) 1-50% | 1 | |
| c) 51-99% | 0 | |
| d) 100% | 0 | |
| Percentage of the total pay bill spent on facility time | 0.004% | |
| Time spent on paid trade union activities as a percentage of total paid facility time hours | 0% | |