Incidents or Concerns related To Workplace Bullying, Harassment or Sexual Harm

1) What data does your organisation collect about incidents or concerns related to workplace bullying, harassment or sexual harm?

- For clarity, this includes requests for advice, assistance, informal notifications or formal complaints relating to these types of behaviour



2) Please provide a list or schema of all data fields used to record or track information about workplace bullying, harassment or sexual harm, at any stage of the process your organisation follows (from initial contact to case closure).

- Please include an explanation of the classifications used in each data field and any specific terminology, so it can be easily understood by someone from outside your organisation.



3) Please provide a list of all reports produced by your organisation that relate to workplace bullying, harassment or sexual harm?

- Please include a brief explanation for each report of:

who is responsible for its creation (i.e. the job title/role, not individual names)

how often they are produced

the purpose of the report, and

the information and any data fields contained in each report.

to whom they are distributed (job titles/roles)

whether the reports are shared externally (e.g. with elected members, Local Authority governance bodies, HMICFRS or other regulators, unions and associations, the general public)



RE: Please provide responses to Q4-7 for the period 2020-2025 (inclusive), broken down by calendar year and listed under the headings of

(a) workplace bullying

(b) harassment

(c) sexual harm



4) The total number of incidents recorded. Please also break these down according to any sub-categorisations you use internally to differentiate types of bullying, harassment or sexual harm incidents.



5) The number of incidents that involved a formal investigation, broken down to show:

i) internal investigations (i.e. those conducted by people employed by your organisation)

ii) independent external investigations (i.e. external lawyers, investigators or other 3rd parties engaged for the purpose of conducting the investigation)



6) The outcomes of the investigations completed in Q5 (using whatever categorisations your organisation records internally against cases).



7) The number of people who have left your organisation who were:

a) complainants (i.e. people who raised any inquiry or complaint)

b) respondents (i.e. people who were the subject of any inquiry or complaint allegations)



8) The number of settlement agreements (or other legal agreements containing any form of non-disclosure requirement) signed by people leaving your organisation who were:

a) complainants who raised any inquiry or complaint about workplace bullying, harassment or sexual harm.

b) respondents who were the subject of any inquiry or complaint about workplace bullying, harassment or sexual harm.



9) The amount spent by your organisation on external legal advice for:

a) legal services or advice provided in conducting independent investigations in Q5 (ii)

b) other advice provided about any other matters involving workplace bullying, harassment or sexual harm

I can confirm that the information requested is held by Lincolnshire County Council. I have detailed below the information that is being released to you. 

1. . Anything related to employees is recorded on the HR case management system, holding data relating to incidents and actions taken.

2. Workplace Bullying and Harassment is either recorded as a disciplinary or grievance resolution, depending upon the nature of the case. The schema of all data fields used to record or track information if this is a disciplinary case is as follows.

The schema of all data fields used to record or track information if this is a grievance resolution case is as follows.

3. Reports are produced on an ad hoc basis, there is no standard reporting cycle.

4. Cases are recorded as bullying and harassment, they are not categorised separately, information is only available for 2022-25. Please see below

5. Please see below

6. Please see below

7.  Please see below

8. One

9. £0.00

We are unable to provide some data in relation to Caistor Grammar School as we do not receive their 11+ test data.