During a council meeting a comment was made about an employee who had x
number of days sick leave. The department involved is a very large
department and it is unlikely that they could be identified from this,
except perhaps by their line manager, who wasn't present. No other working
associates were present, merely members. The employee's name was not
disclosed.
However, the employee has now made a complaint that they were identified
by disclosing the number of days sickness. They have also complained that
the Leader of the Council should not have been given this information.
However, LA employees are employed by the members so as our employers I
would say they are entitled to see our attendence records.
I know that you cannot give information which would directly identify
someone - ie the man living at 10, Downing Street complained that
etc '....'
Can anyone give me any advice on this or point me to the part of the Act I
can quote to the employee, which states non-identifying data is ok to
disclose.
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