Stress Management
Dear North Highland 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
John, please find a re-issued FOI response.
After consulting the Whatdotheyknow website, it appears that our response
on the 31st of March has not been logged against the FOI case.
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).
17/18 3 off with stress
18/19 6 off with stress
19/20 8 off with stress
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).
17/18 of the 3 off with stress = none work related
18/19 of the 6 off with stress = 3 work related
19/20 of the 8 off with stress = 6 work related
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).
17/18 days lost due to stress = 120
18/19 days lost due to stress = 170
19/20 days lost to stress = 525.5
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).
17/18 days lost due to work related stress = 0
18/19 days lost due to work related stress = 114
19/20 days lost to work related stress = 235.5
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).
17/18 18/19
19/20
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Lecturing 0
2
0
Non-Lecturing 0
1
3
Ø £70,000
0
0 0
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