Bullying in Erewash District Council
Dear Erewash 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. If possible, please inform me of the cost of dealing with this request.
Please reply to the first two questions first as they are the most important:
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
yabootoyou
Dear Mr Lewis
Freedom of Information Act 2000 - Request for Information
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Martin Durkin
Performance and Information Security Officer
Performance and Communities
Erewash Borough Council
Ilkeston Town Hall, Wharncliffe Road, Ilkeston, Derbyshire DE7 5RP
Tel: 0115 907 22 44
Extension: 3579
Dear Mr Lewis
Freedom of Information Act 2000 - Request for Information
I am writing in respect of your recent enquiry for information held by the Authority under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Having consulted our Personnel department on your specific request they inform me:
1) How many official complaints of harassment and bullying at work did you receive between the 1st April 2009 and the 31st December 2015? - 14
2) How many of these complaints were upheld in favour of the complainant? - Difficult to answer as most cases were resolved through mediation between parties but 2 members of staff resigned prior to disciplinary hearing
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? - 0
4) How many of those that went to Appeal were found to favour the complainant? - 0
5) How many complaints went on to an Employment Tribunal? - 0
6) How many of these were found to uphold the complaint? - 0
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? - 0
8) How many staff does your authority have and what is the current population within your authority's area? We currently have 477 staff with contracted hours. The population of Erewash in the 2011 census was 112081
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Yours sincerely
Martin Durkin
Performance and Information Security Officer
Performance and Communities
Erewash Borough Council
Ilkeston Town Hall, Wharncliffe Road, Ilkeston, Derbyshire DE7 5RP
Tel: 0115 907 22 44
Extension: 3579
Dear Martin Durkin,
In relation to other District councils, 14 complaints in quite high.
Yours sincerely,
Yabootoyou
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