Personnel Appeals Sub-committee - 17/06/2002

At a MEETING of the PERSONNEL APPEALS SUB-COMMITTEE held at Dundee on 17th June 2002.

 

Present:-

 

COUNCILLORS

 

Charles FARQUHAR

Julia STURROCK

Betty WARD

 

Allan PETRIE

 

 

Councillor FARQUHAR, Convener, present for the first Appeal only with Councillor STURROCK taking the Chair for the second Appeal.

 

The minute of meeting of this Sub-Committee of 18th March 2002 was held as read.

 

Unless marked thus * all items stand delegated.

 

The Sub-Committee resolved, under Section 50(A)(4) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, that the public and press be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the undernoted items of business on the grounds that they involved the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 7A of the Act.

 

I ENVIRONMENTAL AND CONSUMER PROTECTION DEPARTMENT - APPEAL AGAINST DISMISSAL

 

It was reported that an appeal had been submitted by Mr MS, an employee within the Environmental and Consumer Protection Department, against his dismissal.

 

The Sub-Committee heard the Council's representative and witnesses and thereafter the Appellant's representative.

 

After questions had been put and answers given by both parties to each other and the witnesses and by members of the Sub-Committee, the parties withdrew.

 

Thereafter, following careful consideration of all the information, the Sub-Committee agreed that the grounds of the appeal had been substantiated in part and that the appeal be upheld to the extent that the Appellant be reinstated and have a period of unpaid suspension from the date of his dismissal until 28th February 2002.

 

II ENVIRONMENTAL AND CONSUMER PROTECTION DEPARTMENT - APPEALS AGAINST DISMISSAL

 

It was reported that appeals had been submitted by Mr JG and Mr RK, employees within the Environmental and Consumer Protection Department, against their dismissals.

 

The Sub-Committee heard the Council's representative and witnesses and thereafter the Appellants' representative.

 

After questions had been put and answers given by both parties to each other and the witnesses and by members of the Sub-Committee, the parties withdrew.

 

Thereafter, following careful consideration of all the information, the Sub-Committee agreed that the grounds of the appeals had not been substantiated and that the appeals be not upheld.

 

 

 

CHARLES D P FARQUHAR, Convener.

JULIA STURROCK, Convener.