Government staff currently suspended on full pay: FOI release
Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.
Information requested
How many members of staff are currently suspended on full pay within your organisation?
Please state the length of time each staff member has been suspended, if this is not possible, please break them down by those suspended for a year or more, three months or more or one month or more.
For each, can you please provide their annual salary. If this is not possible, please provide the salary range/ band along with details of pay grades within the band.
Response
In your request, you asked for information about members of staff. Our response therefore covers Scottish Government staff employed in the core directorates (see Annex A for details). You have asked for information about suspension on full pay. Suspension is only used in very exceptional circumstances and in line with the ACAS guidance. The need to suspend a member of staff is kept under regular review. As at 15 September 2022 (that is, the date of your request), there were 2 staff members suspended on full pay. Both have been suspended for a year or more and their salary ranges are £25,713 to £27,335 and £33,120 to £37,936.
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Contact
Please quote the FOI reference
Central Enquiry Unit
Email: ceu@gov.scot
Phone: 0300 244 4000
The Scottish Government
St Andrews House
Regent Road
Edinburgh
EH1 3DG
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