Disciplinary action process duration: FOI release

Information requested

In your request you asked for the following:

• For the last 3 years, on average, how long has disciplinary action taken against staff taken from start to finish.
• I.e, how long (in months) from the date a member of staff receives an investigation letter to the point where they receive an outcome following a disciplinary hearing.
• On average, how long does that process take?

 

Response

Our response to your request has been completed on the same basis as your earlier FOI (FOI/19/02276) – that is, it covers permanent staff employed in SG Main.  The annex to this letter shows the business areas included in this reply.
In the last 3 years, the average time taken from the date a member of staff receives an investigation letter to the point where they receive an outcome following a disciplinary hearing is just over 5 months.  The median for this question is 4 months.
Annex A

SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT MAIN BARGAINING UNIT

SGM comprises:

Scottish Government Core Directorates	Agencies	Non Ministerial Departments (NMDs) and NDPBs
Constitution and External Affairs	Accountancy in Bankruptcy	National Records of Scotland
Economy	Disclosure Scotland	Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator
Education, Communities & Justice	Education Scotland	Scottish Housing Regulator
Health & Social Care	Scottish Public Pensions Agency	Revenue Scotland
Organisational Development  & Operations	Student Awards Agency for Scotland	Food Standards Scotland
Scottish Exchequer	Transport Scotland	Scottish Fiscal Commission
Permanent Secretary	Social Security Agency	Community Justice Scotland

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