Stress Management

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Dear Ayrshire College,

Under Freedom of Information Scotland, I wish to receive the following information within 20 working days:

1. Please advise over the period (1 April 2017 to 12 March 2020), the number of staff who listed stress as one of the reasons for sickness. For clarity, I would be grateful if you could supply figures broken down separately year on year for the following time periods (1 April 2017 to 31 March 2018, 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019 and 1 April 2019 to 12 March 2020).

2. Of these staff identified above, how many were subsequently discovered to be related to work? For clarity, I would be grateful if you could supply figures broken down separately year on year for the following time periods (1 April 2017 to 31 March 2018, 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019 and 1 April 2019 to 12 March 2020).

3. How many days were lost as a result of any kind of stress? For clarity, I would be grateful if you could supply figures broken down separately year on year for the following time periods (1 April 2017 to 31 March 2018, 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019 and 1 April 2019 to 12 March 2020).

4. How many days were lost as a result of workplace stress? For clarity, I would be grateful if you could supply figures broken down separately year on year for the following time periods (1 April 2017 to 31 March 2018, 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019 and 1 April 2019 to 12 March 2020).

5. How many individual stress risk assessments have been carried out by the College? For clarity, I would be grateful if you could supply figures broken down separately year on year for the following time periods (1 April 2017 to 31 March 2018, 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019 and 1 April 2019 to 12 March 2020).

6. How many occupational group risk assessments have been carried out by the College? For clarity, I would be grateful if you could supply figures broken down separately year on year for the following time periods (1 April 2017 to 31 March 2018, 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019 and 1 April 2019 to 12 March 2020).

7. Do you have a specific stress Policy and/or procedure? If so, please attach.

8. Do you have a specific stress workgroup? If so, please attach minutes/action points for last year.

For each point, could you please provide the information broken down into numbers for support staff/lecturers and staff earning over £70,000 PA for each of the time periods listed above?

Yours faithfully,

John Gallacher

Freedom OfInformation, Ayrshire College

Dear Mr Gallacher

Thank you for your Freedom of Information request received on 12 March 2020.

We will respond to your request within 20 working days.

Regards

Allyson

Allyson Sharp
Information and Customer Relations Officer
External Tel: 01563 495 066
Internal Ext: 8066

Ayrshire College | Kilmarnock Campus | 18-20 Hill Street | Kilmarnock | KA1 3HY

www.ayrshire.ac.uk | @AyrshireColl on twitter | ayrshirecollege on LinkedIn

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June Northcote, Ayrshire College

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Issued on behalf of Jane McKie, Vice Principal People

 

Dear Mr Gallacher

 

Please see the attached response to your Freedom of Information request of
12 March 2020, submitted to Ayrshire College under the Freedom of
Information (Scotland) Act 2002.

 

Kind regards

 

June

 

June Northcote

Executive Assistant to the Vice Principals and Directors

 

(Vice Principals - Jane McKie and Michael Breen)

(Directors – David Davidson and James Thomson)

 

External Tel: 01563 495040

Internal Ext: 2309

 

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