Revenue and Customs: Sick Leave

(asked on 18th July 2017) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to page 113 of the HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) Annual Report and Accounts 2016-17, how many HMRC employees have been issued with written improvement warnings since the introduction of the new attendance management policy.


Answered by
Mel Stride Portrait
Mel Stride
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
This question was answered on 24th July 2017

The number of HMRC employees issued with written improvement warnings since the introduction of the new attendance management policy is as set out in the table below.

Type of warning

Sickness absence period

Number of employees issued with notice

First Improvement Warning

4 separate periods of sickness absence

130

Final Improvement Warning

4 separate periods of sickness absence

27

First Improvement Warning

8 days of sickness absence in 12 Months

309

Final Improvement Warning

8 days of sickness absence in 12 Months

36

Total

502

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