Date of response: 02 July 2024
We have now considered your request of 25 June 2024 for the following information:
I would be grateful if you could send me a copy of any policies your university uses when investigating allegations of workplace bullying.
Our response:
All disciplinary procedures and policies relating to investigations of allegations of misconduct made by staff, against staff of the University, have been provided in accompanying document, our ref: FOI_24-166 Appendix A.
Please note that allegations of workplace bullying, as well as all other allegations of staff misconduct are dealt with in line with general misconduct protocols and grievance procedures. We have provided all relevant policies which cover misconduct, but please note that these are not limited to workplace bullying or harassment specifically.
On this occasion, it is not possible to provide all the requested information. The Act contains a number of exemptions that allow public authorities to withhold certain information from release. We have applied the following exemption to part of your request.
Exemption | Reason |
s.40(2), Personal information | Disclosure of some of the requested information would be contrary to the requirements of the UK General Data Protection Regulation |
In line with s.40(2) of the Act we have removed certain personal data from FOI_24-166 Appendix A.
We believe that some of the requested information, specifically the name of the creator of these documents, is the personal data of this individual as defined by Article 4(1) of the UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
We believe that disclosure of the personal information relating to this individual would be contrary to the requirements of Article 5(1)(a) of the GDPR; namely that information must be processed lawfully, fairly and in a transparent manner. These individuals would have no expectation that this information would be made publicly available, and we have not identified a lawful basis that would allow or require us to disclose this information.
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