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FOI Request

Disclosure ID
FOI/02178
Request Date
January 29, 2018
Subject
Sexual Harrassment / Abuse
Description
  1. How many staff have been the subjects of complaints about sexual harassment or abuse in the workplace in each of the last three calendar years?
  2. How many staff have been disciplined about sexual harassment or abuse in the workplace in each of the last three calendar years including given a written warning?
  3. How many staff have been sacked for sexual harassment or abuse in the workplace in the last three calendar years?
  4. Of those that were sacked for sexual harassment or abuse in the workplace in the last three calendar years, how many were sacked for gross misconduct?
  5. How many staff members have made a complaint about sexual harassment or abuse in the workplace in the last three calendar years?

 

Response
  1. 3 staff total across the last 3 calendar years. Please see exemption at bottom of document, section 40 (2)
  2. Please see exemption at bottom of document, section 40 (2)
  3. Please see exemption at bottom of document, section 40 (2)
  4. Please see exemption at bottom of document, section 40 (2)
  5. 2 staff total across the last 3 calendar years. Please see exemption at bottom of document, section 40 (2)

Points to note:

All cases are male behaviours towards women
No alleged victims were aged 18 or under
None of the alleged victims were current or former patients
All cases resulted in an internal disciplinary procedure
None of the cases resulted in a financial settlement
None of the cases resulted in clauses being placed on any restriction on the ability of the alleged victim to discuss the events.

*Due to the small numbers of alleged perpetrators and the outcomes of each case, to provide further detail may breach their confidentiality. Therefore we are exempting this information as personal and applying section 40(2).

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