Information on Grievance, Dignity at Work and Disciplinary cases

The request was successful.

Dear Department of the Environment (Northern Ireland),

Please provide the following information:

1. The total number of:
a) grievances raised
b) Dignity at Work complaints raised
c) disciplinary investigations launched
in the Department in each of the last 5 years.

2. The date of initiation of each
a) grievance
b) Dignity at Work complaint
c) disciplinary investigation

3. The date of each case was concluded (including information on the number and timing of appeals heard).

4. The outcome of each case.

5. The reasons why
a) any grievance case was not dealt with within 28 days
b) any Dignity at Work case was not dealt with within 3 months
c) any disciplinary investigation was not dealt with within 3 months
(3 months is a reasonable timescale for dealing with Dignity at Work complaints and disciplinary investigations, both of which should be completed "as quickly as possible" - see HR Policies 6.02 Discipline 2.3.1a and 6.09 Dignity at Work 11.1)

6. Any policies, procedures and strategies to monitor the performance of case progression, manage resources to progress cases, and action taken to improve performance.

Yours faithfully,

Paddy Dignam

Dear Department of the Environment (Northern Ireland),

To date, I have yet to receive acknowledgement of my request for information, made under the Freedom of Information Act. Please provide acknowledgement forthwith.

I have received acknowledgements of my requests made under the Freedom of Information Act from the following Departments (with links to the acknowledgements):

Office of the First Minister and the Deputy First Minister
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Department of Agriculture and Rural Development
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Department for Social Development
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Department of Justice
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Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment
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Department of Finance and Personnel
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Yours faithfully,

Paddy Dignam

Dunleavy, Gavin, Department of the Environment (Northern Ireland)

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Dear Mr Dignam

Please find attached acknowledgment letter in relation to the below request under Freedom of Information.

Apologies for the delay in acknowledging this request and any inconvenience caused.

Many thanks
Gavin

Gavin Dunleavy
DOE HR
Clarence Court
10-18 Adelaide Street
Town Parks
Belfast
Co Antrim
BT2 8GB

(028) 90540788

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Hodder, Thomasina, Department of the Environment (Northern Ireland)

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Dear Mr Dignam

Please find attached response from DOE HR in relation to your below request under Freedom of Information.

If you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact me.

Many thanks

Tammie Hodder
DOE Human Resources & Organisational Change Division
Room 4.13a
Clarence Court
10-18 Adelaide Street
Belfast
ext 40295
'028 90 540295

Dunleavy, Gavin, Department of the Environment (Northern Ireland)

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Dear Mr Dignam

 

Please find attached follow up response in relation to your below request
under Freedom of Information.

 

If you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact me.

 

Many thanks

Gavin

 

Gavin Dunleavy

DOE HR

Clarence Court

10-18 Adelaide Street

Town Parks

Belfast

Co Antrim

BT2 8GB

 

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Dear Gavin,

Thanks for the info.

I wish to make a further request for information, specifically in relation to Dignity at Work cases:

1. There is a column for both 'Appeal Outcome Letter Issued' and 'Second Appeal Outcome Letter'. Can you please provide the date of issue of the initial investigation outcome letter.

2. The following cases have a 'Case Closed Date', but have not been assigned an 'Outcome of Investigation'. Can you provide the Outcome of Investigation for the following DAW cases, and if not, provide an explaination why:

Complaint received 19/03/08, closed 01/04/08
Complaint received 15/10/08, closed 30/10/08
Complaint received 02/12/08, closed 19/02/10
Complaint received 23/02/09, closed 09/06/10
Complaint received 27/03/09, closed 06/11/09
Complaint received 06/05/09, closed 08/11/10
Complaint received 14/05/09, closed 20/10/09
Complaint received 25/09/09, closed 04/11/09
Complaint received 12/10/09, closed 09/12/09
Complaint received 19/10/09, closed 12/04/10
Complaint received 15/12/09, closed 21/12/09
Complaint received 23/02/10, closed 27/04/10
Complaint received 08/03/10, closed 11/11/10
Complaint received 14/07/10, closed 28/09/10
Complaint received 31/08/10, closed 02/02/11
Complaint received 07/10/10, closed 17/06/11
Complaint received 24/10/11, closed 26/10/11
Complaint received 27/10/11, closed 30/01/12
Complaint received 14/11/11, closed 15/12/11
Complaint received 04/04/12, closed 21/08/12

3. A DAW complaint was received on 21/06/11 and was upheld - however, there is no Case Closed Date. Can you provide a Case Closed Date, and if not, provide an explaination why.

Yours sincerely,

Paddy Dignam

Dunleavy, Gavin, Department of the Environment (Northern Ireland)

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Dear Mr Dignam

Please find attached acknowledgement letter in relation to your below request under Freedom of Information.

If you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact me.

Many thanks
Gavin

Gavin Dunleavy
DOE HR
Clarence Court
10-18 Adelaide Street
Town Parks
Belfast
Co Antrim
BT2 8GB

(028) 90540788

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Dear Mr Dunleavy,

Can you please provide an update as to the status of this request

Yours sincerely,

Paddy Dignam

Dunleavy, Gavin, Department of the Environment (Northern Ireland)

Dear Mr Dignam

It has taken slightly longer to validate the information required for the response.

I hope to have the response with you by close of play tomorrow.

Apologies for any inconvenience this may have caused.

Many thanks
Gavin

Gavin Dunleavy
DOE HR
Clarence Court
10-18 Adelaide Street
Town Parks
Belfast
Co Antrim
BT2 8GB

(028) 90540788

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Dunleavy, Gavin, Department of the Environment (Northern Ireland)

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Dear Mr Dignam

Please find attached response from DOE HR in relation to your below request under Freedom of Information.

Apologies for the delay in this response.

If you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact me.

Many thanks
Gavin

Gavin Dunleavy
DOE HR
Clarence Court
10-18 Adelaide Street
Town Parks
Belfast
Co Antrim
BT2 8GB

(028) 90540788

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