The Trade Union (Facility Time Publication Requirements ) Regulations 2017, took effect from 1 April 2017 and requires employers in the public sector to publish information on facility time. Facility time is the provision of paid or unpaid time off from an employee's normal role to undertake trade union duties and activities as a trade union representative.
The Scottish Public Pensions Agency had two (FTE equivalent: two) employees who were trade union officials during the year to 31 March 2018. Both employees spent between 1-50% of working hours on facility time. The percentage of the Agency's total pay bill spent on paying employees who were relevant trade union officials for facility time during the relevant period was 0.03%. Time spent on paid trade union activities as a percentage of total paid facility time hours was 100%.