FOI request (FOIR-253358574)

Staff furlough and redundancies

Requested Thu 24 September 2020
Responded  Fri 06 November 2020

Response

- Between 1 March to 20 September 2020, how many staff have been furloughed from the Council? - 16

- Which departments and teams did these staff work in? Please be as specific as possible. If possible, I would like a breakdown of how many staff were furloughed in each department/team.

Seafront Services - 1

Museum - 2

Cliff Railway - 5

Waste Services - 3

Leisure Services - 2

Revenues and Benefits - 1

Business Support 1 Housing - 1

- How many of these staff are now back at work full-time? - 15

- In the same time period, how many staff members has the Council made redundant? - 0

- Which departments and teams did these staff work in? Please be as specific as possible. If possible, I would like a breakdown of how many staff were furloughed in each department/team - N/A

- Does the Council have a redeployment scheme? If so, in the same time period, how many staff have been redeployed, and which departments/teams were staff redeployed into? -  43 staff were reassigned for a temporary period during the first wave of the COVID pandemic to the following areas: Community Hub COVID 19 Taskforce Transformation Revenues and Benefits Housing Cemetery & Crematorium