Costs of overtime worked by Scottish Forestry employees: FOI release

Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.


Information requested

1) The costs of overtime worked by Scottish Forestry employees in 2020-21, 2021-22 and so far in 2022-23.

2) For any overtime hours detailed how many of these hours in each year did employees receive payment for and/or how many hours did they receive no compensation for?

Response

1) The costs of overtime worked by Scottish Forestry employees in 2020-21, 2021-22 and so far in 2022-23.

1) Please see the below table for costs of overtime worked by Scottish Forestry employees:

Scottish Forestry (SF) Overtime Costs
 

Period

£

April 2020 - March 2021

31,137.64

April 2021 - March 2022

47,563.88

April 2022 - October 2022

22,565.06

Total

101,266.58


2) For any overtime hours detailed how many of these hours in each year did employees receive payment for and/or how many hours did they receive no compensation for?

2) Employees received payment for all of the overtime for which the costs are detailed above. If SF staff work overtime then they are compensated under the relevant SF terms and conditions.

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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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