Employees (30 or under) who went through the disciplinary process: FOI release

In your request you asked for the following information:

• How many employees went through the disciplinary process this year were young employees (30 or under)?

You have requested information for Scottish Government staff. Our response therefore covers staff who are subject to Scottish Government Main and Scottish Government Marine terms and conditions of employment and Senior Civil Servants in the organisations listed in Annex A.

Under the Scottish Government’s discipline policy, managers deal with minor misconduct as part of their day to day management responsibilities. As there is no requirement to report  minor misconduct to Human Resources, information about these cases is not held centrally. Our response does not include cases dealt with by local line management.

Our response covers the period from 1 January 2018 to 13 October 2018. In order to protect the identity of individuals information is not provided where there are fewer than 5 cases. In this instance there were fewer than 5 cases of employees who went through the disciplinary process and who were under 30 years of age.

ANNEX A        

COVERAGE OF OUR RESPONSE

Our response covers staff employed on Scottish Government Main and Scottish Government Marine terms and conditions of employment and Senior Civil Servants in following areas:

•           Scottish Government Core Directorates

•           Accountant in Bankruptcy

•           Disclosure Scotland

•           Education Scotland

•           National Records of Scotland

•           Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator

•           Scottish Housing Regulator

•           Scottish Public Pensions Agency

•           Student Awards Agency for Scotland

•           Transport Scotland