Disclosure Log

Message from Nottinghamshire County Council - 10 December 2024

Dear ***** *****,

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 – REQUEST FOR INFORMATION REFERENCE FOI/5078

Thank you for your request for information relating to Multiple Contract Working.

We are now able to provide the following information in response to your questions:

This request relates to investigations and decisions into local authority employees who are suspected of "multiple contract working" - i.e. working more than one job when their contract forbids it.

1. Could I please ask for the number of suspected "multiple contract working" cases your local authority has investigated among employees for each of the last six financial years from 2018/19. If these
figures are not held in financial years, please begin with the calendar year of 2018.

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2. If the cost limit has not yet been reached, could I please ask for the above information where the employee was working from home for at least one day of their working week.

Nil

3. If the cost limit has not yet been reached, could I please ask for the number of "multiple contract working" cases the local authority has investigated where the employee was found to have been holding
down two or more jobs - violating their contract. Please provide figures for each of the last six financial years from 2018/19.

Nil

4. If the cost limit has not yet been breached, could I please ask for the above information where the employee was working from home for at least one day of their working week. Please also provide the job
title, pay band and department the employee was employed with for each case.

Nil

5. If the cost limit has not yet been reached, could I please ask how many employees have been dismissed as a result of being found in breach of "multiple contract working" rules for each of the last six
financial years from 2018/19. If these figures are not held in financial years, please begin with the calendar year of 2018. Please also provide the job title, pay band and department the employee was employed with for each case.

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6. If the cost limit has not yet been breached, could I please ask for the above information where the employee was working from home for at least one day of their working week. Please also provide the job title, pay band and department the employee was employed with for each case.

Nil

We trust this now satisfies your request and that you find this information to be helpful, however if you are unhappy with the way in which your request has been handled, then please email us at [email protected] quoting the reference FOI/5078 and we will be happy to review your request

For future reference, Nottinghamshire County Council regularly publishes previous FOI requests and answers on its website, under Disclosure logs, that may provide details relating to your query. (see link) Your privacy: we use your personal information such as name and address so that we can comply with our legal obligations to respond to FOI requests.  For further details about the use of information about you, please see the information handling privacy notice on our website at https://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/media/4323566/informationgovernanceandinformationrightsprivacynotice.pdf

If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the right to ask for an internal review.   Requests should be submitted within 40 working days of the date of receipt of the response to your original request and should be addressed to: Complaints and Information Team, Nottinghamshire County Council, County Hall, Loughborough Road, West Bridgford, NOTTINGHAM, NG2 7QP or [email protected].

Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future communications.

If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision.  The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, WILMSLOW, SK9 5AF or