Sick days caused by stress

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Dear Breckland District Council,

Please could you provide:

1)The total number of days off taken by council staff caused by stress in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011.

2)The amount spent by the council on providing counselling to staff.

3)The total number of hours of counselling paid for by the council.

Yours faithfully,

Andrew Fitchett

Allen, Sue, Breckland District Council

Dear Mr. Fitchett,

Freedom of Information Act 2000 - Information Request - sick days through
stress

I acknowledge your request for information received on 2^nd September,
2011.

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requested within the statutory timescale of 20 working days as defined by
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Tooke, Fay, Breckland District Council

Dear Andrew,

Please find below details of our response to your Freedom of Information Request.

Kind regards,
Fay Tooke
HR Advisor

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