Bullying in Milton Keynes Council

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Dear Milton Keynes 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.

1) How many employees of your authority have
made an
official complaint of harassment and bullying at work since the 1st April 2009?

2) How many of these complaints were upheld in favour of the
complainant?

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

Milton Keynes Council

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Barrett, Nikki, Milton Keynes Council

Dear Mr Lewis

 

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Your request for information has now been considered and the information
requested is enclosed.

 

          1) How many employees of your authority have made an  official
complaint of harassment and bullying at work since the 1st April 2009?

 

                We have 20 formal cases logged since 1.4.2009

    

     2)       How many of these complaints were upheld in favour of the
complainant?

 

                2 were upheld in favour of complainant, plus 2 with some
findings upheld (not B & H, but inappropriate conduct)

    

     3)       How many of those which were not upheld in favour of the
complainant went on to Appeal?

 

                0 cases recorded as being subject to appeal

    

     4)       How many of those that went to Appeal were found to favour
the complainant?

    

                n/a

 

   5)         How many complaints went on to an Employment Tribunal?

 

                1 case logged.

    

     6)       How many of these were found to uphold the complaint?

 

                Settled ahead of ET

    

     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 detail logged as recording that detail.

     

     8)       How many staff does your authority have and what is the
current population within your authority's area?

 

                MK council has 2653 employees and as of 2013 the
population was 255,700.

 

 

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Yours sincerely

 

 

 

 

Nikki Barrett

HR Team Leader

 

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Dear Barrett, Nikki,

I would like to add the following question to my request.

Q9) Out of the number in the response to question 1, how many of
the complainants said that they had been called "a loner"?

Yours sincerely,

Yabootoyou

Barrett, Nikki, Milton Keynes Council

Dear Mr Lewis

To confirm following your subsequent question we do not hold the data in order to report at this level.

Regards

Nikki Barrett
HR Team Leader
 
T: 01908 253862
E: [email address]
 
Milton Keynes Council | Saxon Court | 502 Avebury Boulevard | Central Milton Keynes | MK9 3HS
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