Executive Salary Benchmarking

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Dear Glasgow College Regional Board,

I write, In reference to the recent Executive Salary Evaluation undertaken by the Hay Group for GCRB, therefore per FOISA, please advise the following information in electronic format:

1. Please advise who appointed the Hay Group to undertake this remuneration (job) evaluation? Please supply evidence of the commission of this an email/letter of appointment would be most helpful.

2. The cost of the executive salary Job Evaluation (total amount invoiced by The Hay Group)?

3. Please supply copies of all invoices?
4. Please advise which budget the finances for this came from?

5. Please advise the full specification/remit was given to the Hay Group?

6. Please supply recorded correspondence that exists among Committee/GCRB board members that led to this report being commissioned - to be clear, how did it come about? Personal information can and should be redacted if required.

7. What evidence exists from the Hay Group that they couldn't evaluate the role of Finance and Resource Director in Isolation?

8. Before the Hay Group evaluated both roles, what disucssions had taken place regarding the GCRB staffing structure (given the role of Exec Dir had only been in place since around May 2016). Please supply all relevant minutes/board papers or any other officially recorded information appertaining to this?

Please acknowledge receipt of this request and respond within the 20 working day statutory timeframe.

Yours faithfully,

Hattie Wilde

Wendy Odedina, Glasgow College Regional Board

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Dear Ms Wilde

Please find attached letter acknowledging your request.

Regards

Wendy Odedina
Executive Assistant
Glasgow Colleges' Regional Board

telephone: 0141 375 6821
email: [email address]

Wendy Odedina, Glasgow College Regional Board

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Dear Ms Wilde

Please find attached letter in response to your request.

Regards

Wendy Odedina
Executive Assistant
Glasgow Colleges' Regional Board

telephone: 0141 375 6821
email: [email address]

Dear Glasgow College Regional Board,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Glasgow College Regional Board's handling of my FOI request 'Executive Salary Benchmarking'.

I fully appreciate the information you have supplied given you state "At this stage, the report, which was commissioned to inform deliberations about staffing, and several associated board records are exempt from disclosure under FOI(S)A Section 30, where publication would be likely to prejudice the effective conduct of the Board's affairs." However I am dissatisfied, and believe you have misapplied this exemption, especially with regard to number 7 and 8 whilst it is understood that the board require 'thinking space to deliberate and have free and frank exchange of views' there you will have recorded information that that highlights the final decisions made that led to the Boards decision, that was subsequently overruled by the DFM.

In a case as high profile as this, you must also consider the public interest test, and that disclosure of such information, may actually benefit the reputation of your board.

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/e...

Yours faithfully,

Hattie Wilde

Wendy Odedina, Glasgow College Regional Board

Dear Ms Wilde

I write to acknowledge receipt of your request for an internal review of your FOI request and your two subsequent emails requesting additional information on this matter.

We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible and by no later than 20 working days of receipt.

Regards

Wendy Odedina
Executive Assistant
Glasgow Colleges' Regional Board

telephone: 0141 375 6821
email: [email address]

Wendy Odedina, Glasgow College Regional Board

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Dear Ms Wilde

Please find attached response to your requests for an internal review and additional information.

Regards

Wendy Odedina
Executive Assistant
Glasgow Colleges' Regional Board

telephone: 0141 375 6821
email: [email address]