Permanency
Dear West Lothian College,
As per the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 please supply me with the following information in electronic format:
1) How many staff do you have who are not on permanent contracts (please break down by support staff, lecturers, and staff earning over £70k)?
2) Please provide a breakdown of how many of these staff have now been employed for over one year (again broken down by support staff, lecturers and staff earning over £70k).
3) Please provide a breakdown of how many of these staff have now been employed for over two years (again broken down by support staff, lecturers and staff earning over £70k).
4) How many support staff (from question 1) are on time limited contracts due to project based funding, or sickness or maternity cover?
5) How many (Support) staff (from question 3) have been transferred to permanent (contracts) since the 19th of October 2018?
6) Please give reasons (and breakdown of numbers by reason) why support staff not affected by question 4 and employed for over 2 years have not yet been made permanent?
7) Please give reasons (and breakdown of numbers by reason) why support staff not affected by question 4 and employed for over 1 year have not yet been made permanent?
8) Have you supplied a list, of Support Staff not affected by question 4 to the local Trade Union Stewards?
9) In relation to questions 7 & 8 was this discussed at a formal meeting with support staff Trade Unions (e.g. JNC)?
10) If so please supply the minute of meetings since October 2018 relating to (see also STS Circular 05/18)?
11) How many staff on temporary (change temporary to “not on permanent”) contracts have had contracts ended since October 2018 (please break down by support staff, lecturers and staff earning over £70k.
12) If you have staff affected by your answers to questions 6 & 7 can you detail your plan to address in relation to circular STS 05/18?
Please acknowledge receipt of this information request and I shall look forward to receiving your full disclosure within 20 working days.
Yours faithfully,
John Gallacher
Thank you for your FOI request which is receiving our attention.
Kind regards
Carol (on behalf of Colin Miller)
Dear Mr Gallacher
Further to your Freedom of Information request, please see responses to your questions below, from West Lothian College.
Please also see link below - Scottish Information Commissioner’s contact details for the launch of the new appeal service:
www.itspublicknowledge.info/Appeal
Yours sincerely
Colin Miller
Head of Service External Engagement
1)How many staff do you have who are not on permanent contracts (please break down by support staff, lecturers, and staff earning over £70k)?
Support - 17
Lecturing - 10
Over £70k - 0
2)Please provide a breakdown of how many of these staff have now been employed for over one year (again broken down by support staff, lecturers and staff earning over £70k).
Support - 5
Lecturing - 0
Over £70k - 0
3)Please provide a breakdown of how many of these staff have now been employed for over two years (again broken down by support staff, lecturers and staff earning over £70k).
Support - 3
Lecturing - 0
Over £70k - 0
4)How many support staff (from question 1) are on time limited contracts due to project based funding, or sickness or maternity cover?
10
5)How many (Support) staff (from question 3) have been transferred to permanent (contracts) since the 19th of October 2018?
Not applicable - all staff that were on fixed term contracts at that point were made permanent as per the circular.
6)Please give reasons (and breakdown of numbers by reason) why support staff not affected by question 4 and employed for over 2 years have not yet been made permanent?
Project - 2
Maternity - 1
Funding - 7
7)Please give reasons (and breakdown of numbers by reason) why support staff not affected by question 4 and employed for over 1 year have not yet been made permanent?
The circular asks for those with 2 years or more.
8)Have you supplied a list, of Support Staff not affected by question 4 to the local Trade Union Stewards?
No.
9)In relation to questions 7 & 8 was this discussed at a formal meeting with support staff Trade Unions (e.g. JNC)?
Not applicable
10)If so please supply the minute of meetings since October 2018 relating to (see also STS Circular 05/18)?
Not applicable.
11)How many staff on temporary (change temporary to “not on permanent”) contracts have had contracts ended since October 2018 (please break down by support staff, lecturers and staff earning over £70k.
Support - 0
Lecturing - 7
Over £70k - 0
12)If you have staff affected by your answers to questions 6 & 7 can you detail your plan to address in relation to circular STS 05/18?
Once someone reaches 2 years' service, if they are not on fixed term contracts due to the reasons in question 6, they will be transferred to permanent.
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