General principle of HR professionals regarding recording of appeals

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Dear Sir or Madam,

In the University's response to a FOI request from myself, available on-line at:

http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/re...

I was told that:

"It is a generally accepted principle amongst HR professionals that such hearings are not recorded"

where "such hearings" refers to:

"appeal, grievance, disciplinary, etc. hearings in the University"
(in which the term "appeal hearing" is understood to cover appeals against the outcome of the recent "assimilation to the new grading structure and single salary spine" exercise, as well as any other meaning which the University may ascribe to this term)

Please therefore supply any information held by the University that supports the claim that "it is a generally accepted principle amongst HR professionals that such hearings are not recorded".

Yours faithfully,

Bruce Beckles

FOI, University of Cambridge

Dear Mr Beckles,

This is to acknowledge receipt of your Freedom of Information Request. Your reference number is
FOI-2009-27.

We will respond on or before 24th March 2009.

Regards,
FOI Team

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University of Cambridge
Secretariat, The Old Schools
Trinity Lane, Cambridge, CB2 1TN

T: (01223 7)64142
F: (01223 3)32332
[email address]

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FOI, University of Cambridge

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Dear Mr Beckles,
Further to your request for information under the Freedom of Information Act, I attach the
University's response.
Regards,
FOI Team

University of Cambridge
Secretariat, The Old Schools
Trinity Lane, Cambridge CB12 1TN

T: (01223 7)64142
F: (01223 3)32332
[email address]

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Bruce Beckles left an annotation ()

So "generally accepted principles" are conveniently utterly unsupported by any "recorded information" held by the University. One has to wonder how that differs from "we made it up"?