A first wireless communications device, e.g., a first UE, shares a second portion, e.g., a remaining unused portion, of its sidelink (SL) channel occupancy time (COT), corresponding to unlicensed spectrum, with a second wireless communications device. The first wireless communications device communicates SL COT sharing information to the second wireless communications device via sidelink control information (SCI) communicated over physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH) resources during a first portion of its SL COT. In some embodiments, the SL COT sharing information includes one or more of: i) a channel access priority class value, ii) a COT-sharing indicator value, or iii) a COT duration field value. The SL COT sharing information allows the second wireless communications device to identify the second portion of the COT, which the second wireless communications device is allowed to use for reverse transmission to the first wireless communications.