Monitoring homeworking
Dear Tees Valley Combined Authority,
What policies do you have to monitor staff working from home?
Do you use any software to monitor staff working from home?
Yours faithfully,
Abdul Hai
Dear Abdul Hai,
Freedom of Information Act 2000 Ref: 56/2020
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Sally Henry | Governance Officer
Tees Valley Combined Authority
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Dear Abdul Hai,
Freedom of Information Act 2000 – Ref: 56/2020
Thank you for your correspondence received on 19th October, 2020.
In response to your request I can now provide the following information.
What policies do you have to monitor staff working from home?
Tees Valley Combined Authority does not have a policy to monitor staff
working from home. It has a Homeworking Policy which sets the parameters
of expectations round working from home.
Do you use any software to monitor staff working from home?
Tees Valley Combined Authority does not use any software to monitor staff
working from home.
If you have any queries or concerns please contact me in the first
instance.
However, if you are unhappy with the way your request for information has
been handled, you can submit a complaint by writing to:
Group Chief Executive, Tees Valley Combined Authority, Cavendish House,
Teesdale Business Park, Stockton on Tees, TS17 6QY.
If, after your complaint has been determined, you remain dissatisfied with
the handling of your request or complaint, you have a right to appeal to
the Information Commissioner at:
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), Wycliffe House, Water Lane,
Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. Telephone: 0303 123 1113: Website:
[1]www.ico.gov.uk.
The ICO does not make a charge for an appeal.
Yours sincerely,
Sally Henry | Governance Officer
Tees Valley Combined Authority
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