Dear Mr Hai

Request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000

Case Reference 202403960

Thank you for your correspondence received by North Northamptonshire
Council on 12 November 2024 requesting information regarding trade union
reps under the above Act. Your request for information is currently being
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Information Governance Team

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Dear Mr Hai

Thank you for your below request for information received by the authority
on 12 November 2024. I can confirm that North Northamptonshire Council
holds the information requested. Please see the service response as
follows, with our apologies for the delay:

Since the 2022 financial year how many cases of misconduct have there been
by trade union reps?

Nil

What is your policy in dealing with misconduct by trade union reps?

For information, please find attached a copy of our disciplinary policy &
procedure. In the case of Trade Union Reps, please see as follows:  Where
formal disciplinary action is being considered against an employee who is an
official representative of a recognised trade union the normal disciplinary
procedure should be followed. However, the matter should be discussed at an
early stage with a full time official as nominated by the relevant trade
union, after gaining the employee’s agreement to discuss the matter
Is the data you are supplying for all misconduct cases or those which are
formerly recorded?

N/A

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Information Commissioner’s Office 

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Yours sincerely 

Lucy DaSantos

Information Governance Team

From: "Abdul Hai" <[FOI #1202644 email]>
Sent: 12 November 2024 15:24
To: "FOI requests at North Northants Council" <[North Northants Council
request email]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Misconduct by trade union reps
since 2022

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Dear North Northamptonshire Council,

Since the 2022 financial year how many cases of misconduct have there been
by trade union reps?

What is your policy in dealing with misconduct by trade union reps?

Is the data you are supplying for all misconduct cases or those which are
formerly recorded?

Yours faithfully,

Abdul Hai

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