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WQ.480/2019
WRITTEN QUESTION TO THE CHAIR OF THE STATES EMPLOYMENT BOARD BY DEPUTY K.G. PAMPLIN OF ST. SAVIOUR
ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON TUESDAY 12th NOVEMBER 2019
Question
Will the Chair provide the Assembly with information about the amount of extended time taken off for sickness by States of Jersey employees where the absences are either due to mental health reasons or due to reasons explicitly related to employees' work (such as exhaustion or their work conditions)?
Answer
So far in 2019, up until 5 November, there have been a total of 104 employees, with a total of 4,937 days, who have been off for 20 days or more, for a variety of ailments that may or may not include mental health reasons or work-related absences.
We currently do not collect information in such a way that allow us to interrogate absences in the way the question asks.
Cost of Producing Answer
As a means of giving an approximate indication to the time and cost of producing an answer to a written question, it has been decided that answers shall include a cost, broken down by civil service grade:
Civil Servant Grade 13 x 15minutes: £10 Total: £10.00