Freedom of Information
Here's a copy of the original Freedom of Information (FOI) request that I submitted to South Lanarkshire Council - back in September 2009.
The Scottish Information Commissioner has upheld my appeal against South Lanarkshire's refusal to release this information - see post dated 29 June 2010.
In other councils across Scotland, this kind of information is freely available to anyone that's interested - including council employees
Contrast that with the struggle South Lanarkshire Council has put up over almost a year - to keep these details from wider public scrutiny.
"Thursday, 10 September 2009
Here's another Freedom of Information (FOI) request to South Lanarkshire Council.
Most other council workers in Scotland are covered by a nationally approved and recommended job evaluation scheme (JES) - but not South Lanarkshire's.
The national (Gauge) scheme that was developed over several years and - even if you disagree with its decisions - the national scheme is easy to follow and understand.
But South Lanarkshire's 'in-house' 555 scheme is just the opposite - no one seems to know who created the scheme, what their background and credentials were - and what they were paid for their efforts.
Hence the reason for the FOI request - to shine some daylight on a subject that is still shrouded in secrecy.
Dear South Lanarkshire Council - by e-mail to the Chief Executive (Archie Strang)
Freedom of Information Request
I would like to make the following enquiry under the Freedom of Information Scotland Act 2002.
I would like to know:
1. What were South Lanarkshire Council’s reasons for not adopting the nationally recommended COSLA (Gauge) Job Evaluation Scheme (JES)?
2. What was South Lanarkshire Council’s share of the £250,000 costs of producing the nationally recommended COSLA JES?
3. Who were the creators or authors of South Lanarkshire Council’s 555 Job Evaluation Scheme (JES)?
4. What payment did the creators/authors of South Lanarkshire Council’s 555 JES receive for their time and expertise?
5. What credentials did the creators/authors possess for developing South Lanarkshire Council’s 555 JES?
I look forward to hearing from you in due course
Kind regards
Mark Irvine"
The Scottish Information Commissioner has upheld my appeal against South Lanarkshire's refusal to release this information - see post dated 29 June 2010.
In other councils across Scotland, this kind of information is freely available to anyone that's interested - including council employees
Contrast that with the struggle South Lanarkshire Council has put up over almost a year - to keep these details from wider public scrutiny.
"Thursday, 10 September 2009
Here's another Freedom of Information (FOI) request to South Lanarkshire Council.
Most other council workers in Scotland are covered by a nationally approved and recommended job evaluation scheme (JES) - but not South Lanarkshire's.
The national (Gauge) scheme that was developed over several years and - even if you disagree with its decisions - the national scheme is easy to follow and understand.
But South Lanarkshire's 'in-house' 555 scheme is just the opposite - no one seems to know who created the scheme, what their background and credentials were - and what they were paid for their efforts.
Hence the reason for the FOI request - to shine some daylight on a subject that is still shrouded in secrecy.
Dear South Lanarkshire Council - by e-mail to the Chief Executive (Archie Strang)
Freedom of Information Request
I would like to make the following enquiry under the Freedom of Information Scotland Act 2002.
I would like to know:
1. What were South Lanarkshire Council’s reasons for not adopting the nationally recommended COSLA (Gauge) Job Evaluation Scheme (JES)?
2. What was South Lanarkshire Council’s share of the £250,000 costs of producing the nationally recommended COSLA JES?
3. Who were the creators or authors of South Lanarkshire Council’s 555 Job Evaluation Scheme (JES)?
4. What payment did the creators/authors of South Lanarkshire Council’s 555 JES receive for their time and expertise?
5. What credentials did the creators/authors possess for developing South Lanarkshire Council’s 555 JES?
I look forward to hearing from you in due course
Kind regards
Mark Irvine"
