{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trade-union-facility-time-publication-requirements-regulations-2017/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trade-union-facility-time-publication-requirements-regulations-2017/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2017/328",
  "legislation_title": "The Trade Union (Facility Time Publication Requirements) Regulations 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trade-union-facility-time-publication-requirements-regulations-2017",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Meaning of total pay bill",
  "text": "For the purposes of these Regulations, the total pay bill for a relevant period is calculated by adding—\n(a) the total gross amount spent on wages by the employer in respect of its employees during the period;\n(b) the total amount spent on pension contributions by the employer in respect of its employees during the period; and\n(c) the total amount of national insurance contributions paid by the employer in respect of its employees during the period.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 5 in force at 1.4.2017, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/328/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:13:31.533912+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}