Trade Union Act: UK Public Sector Facility Time Data

The Trade Union (Facility Time Publication Requirements) Regulations 2017 mandate annual data publication by UK public sector employers. This dataset likely contains metrics on the number of union officials, the proportion of their working hours spent on facility time, and the associated costs. It is provided by Derby City Council under the OGL-UK-3.0 license.

Use Cases

• Analyze public sector spending on union activities based on the percentage of the total pay bill spent on facility time
• Profile union official engagement levels based on the distribution of employees across different percentages of working hours spent on facility time
• Benchmark facility time costs and hours across different public sector organizations based on the mandated annual reporting

Strengths

• Data collection is mandated by specific UK legislation (The Trade Union Regulations 2017), ensuring a consistent reporting framework.
• The description specifies core metrics, including counts of union officials and percentage breakdowns of their working hours.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Derby City Council

Collection Method

Collated by public sector employers as required by UK legislation.

Time Range

Annual data starting from the regulations' enforcement on 1 April 2017.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:32:50.062219; freshness should be verified.

Geography

United Kingdom, specifically public sector organizations.