Bullying in Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council
Dear Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council,
This request is being made to make the public at large and people in each authority aware of which councils are the worst offenders or the better examples when it comes to bullying in the workplace. All councils have very similar anti-bullying / dignity at work policies, but there seems to be a difference in the level of bullying. This is intended to statistically show those differences.
Please reply to the first two questions first as they are the most important:
a) Please inform me of the cost of dealing with this request.
1) How many official complaints of harassment and bullying at work did you receive between the 1st April 2009 and the 31st December 2015?
2) How many of these complaints were upheld in favour of the
complainant?
Please reply to these questions if the £450 limit is not exceeded or in order of the questions up to the limit should the limit be surpassed somewhere within these questions:
3) How many of those which were not upheld in favour of the
complainant went on to Appeal?
4) How many of those that went to Appeal were found to favour the
complainant?
5) How many complaints went on to an Employment Tribunal?
6) How many of these were found to uphold the complaint?
7) Out of how many of those allegations (the number given to question 1) did the complainant of
bullying claim that the bullies were telling lies?
8) How many staff does your authority have and what is the current population within your authority's area?
Yours faithfully
Mr Lewis
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I am currently away from the office. I will return on 12/07/16. If anything is urgent please contact Legal on 01495 355084
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Dear Sir/Madam,
I acknowledge receipt of your Freedom of Information request and will liaise with the relevant Department in order to provide a response.
We will endeavour to provide this information within 20 working days.
Yours faithfully
Paul Amos
Information & Governance Officer / Gwybodaeth a Swyddog Llywodraethu
Legal & Corporate Compliance / Cydymffurfio Cyfreithiol a Chorfforaethol
Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council / Cyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol Blaenau Gwent
Mae’r Cyngor yn croesawu gohebiaeth yn Gymraeg a Saesneg a byddwn yn cyfathrebu gyda chi yn eich dewis iaith, dim ond i chi rhoi gwybod i ni pa un sydd well gennych. Ni fydd gohebu yn Gymraeg yn creu unrhyw oedi.
The Council welcomes correspondence in Welsh and English and we will communicate with you in the language of your choice, as long as you let us know which you prefer. Corresponding in Welsh will not lead to any delay.
Dear Mr Lewis,
In response to your Freedom of Information request, please find the relevant Officers comments below.
Please note we were only able to provide information going back to 01/04/2013.
1) How many official complaints of harassment and bullying at work did you receive between the 1st April 2009 and the 31st December 2015? 8 complaints were received between 01/04/2013 and 31/12/2015
2) How many of these complaints were upheld in favour of the complainant? 5 upheld , 1 resolved before any further action
Please reply to these questions if the £450 limit is not exceeded or in order of the questions up to the limit should the limit be surpassed somewhere within these questions:
3) How many of those which were not upheld in favour of the complainant went on to Appeal? 1 case went to appeal
4) How many of those that went to Appeal were found to favour the complainant? none
5) How many complaints went on to an Employment Tribunal? none
6) How many of these were found to uphold the complaint? None/ Not applicable
7) Out of how many of those allegations (the number given to question 1) did the complainant of bullying claim that the bullies were telling lies? 1 case
8) How many staff does your authority have and what is the current population within your authority's area? We have 3471 Staff and the population of our local authority's area is 69,800
Kind Regards
Paul Amos
Information & Governance Officer / Gwybodaeth a Swyddog Llywodraethu
Legal & Corporate Compliance / Cydymffurfio Cyfreithiol a Chorfforaethol
Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council / Cyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol Blaenau Gwent
Mae’r Cyngor yn croesawu gohebiaeth yn Gymraeg a Saesneg a byddwn yn cyfathrebu gyda chi yn eich dewis iaith, dim ond i chi rhoi gwybod i ni pa un sydd well gennych. Ni fydd gohebu yn Gymraeg yn creu unrhyw oedi.
The Council welcomes correspondence in Welsh and English and we will communicate with you in the language of your choice, as long as you let us know which you prefer. Corresponding in Welsh will not lead to any delay.
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