Dear Sam Williams

RE: Your information request to Merseyside Recycling and Waste Authority
Ref: 110621

Thank you for contacting the Authority.

We have received your request for information and this will be considered
and dealt with under the Authority’s statutory obligations in relation to
the Freedom of Information Act and the Environmental Information
Regulations.

If we hold the information and are able to share it with you, please
expect a response from us within 20 working days of your request being
received. We expect this to be o or before 9^th July 2021.

Please do not hesitate to contact us should you have any further questions
– please use the reference Ref: 110621 in any correspondence.

Yours sincerely

Colette Gill

Head of Communications

Tel: 0151 255 2527 / 0783 567 3421

Merseyside Recycling and Waste Authority

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Dear Sam Williams

RE: Your information request to Merseyside Recycling and Waste Authority
Ref: 110621

Thank you for contacting the Authority with your information request. The
Authority has reviewed your request in line with its statutory duties in
relation to both the Freedom of Information Act (FOI) and the
Environmental Information Regulations (EIR).The Authority has concluded
that it does hold this information and we have listed that below:

o Long Service Awards

Merseyside Recycling and Waste Authority does not have a policy on long
service awards and do not provide awards for employees for long service.

o Retirement Awards

*Details of long service on retirement is contained in the Local
Conditions of service for Local Authorities

Recognition of Long Service on Retirement: A gift of the employee’s choice
to the value of £100 shall be made to employees on retirement after 25
years continuous Local Government Service (including outside the
Merseyside area) and, a further £4 for each completed year of service in
excess of 25.  For this purpose, service with one of the local constituent
authorities prior to reorganisation or an existing local authority shall
be counted, where that service is continuous.

o Pre-Retirement Days

*Detailed in the Authority’s Work life Balance Policy previously known as
the Family  Friendly Policy pre 2008 Pre-Retirement: Adjustment of Hours.

Employees shall be granted pre-retirement leave amounting to one day per
week during the last year of work before their planned retirement date.
Employees concerned should make arrangements with their line manager
having regard to the exigencies of the service, to determine a specific
day in the working week to be allocated for that pre-retirement leave. In
the event of an employee being required to work on the specified day, that
pre-retirement leave be forfeited.  During a period of sickness, annual
leave, public or statutory holiday, the pre-retirement leave will not
operate.

o The carry-over of leave into the following year

*Detailed in Employee’s Contract of Employment & Local Conditions of
Service

Officers shall be permitted to carry over automatically five days annual
leave from any one leave year to another.  Requests for the carryover of
leave in excess of five days will be determined by the Chief Executive and
will only be granted in exceptional circumstances.

If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the
right to ask for an internal review. Internal review requests should be
submitted within two months of the date of receipt of the response to your
original letter and should be addressed to: Carl Beer, Chief Executive,
Merseyside Waste Disposal Authority, 7th Floor, No 1 Mann Island,
Liverpool,  Merseyside, L3 1BP.  Please remember to quote the reference
number above in any future communications. If you are not content with the
outcome of the internal review, you have the right to apply directly to
the Information Commissioner for a decision. The Information Commissioner
can be contacted at: Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House,
Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF [1]www.ico.org.uk

Yours sincerely

Colette Gill

Colette Gill

Head of Communications / Data Protection Officer

Tel: 0151 255 2527 / 0783 567 3421

Merseyside Recycling and Waste Authority

[2]www.merseysidewda.gov.uk

Twitter / Facebook: @MerseysideRWA and @GoRecycleRight

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