Wednesday 12 February 2020

Council bullying report finally made public ‘so its not only Northumberland?’



When Northumberland County Councils auditor dug into matters to write what turned out to be his ’final report’ he commented on the bullying of officers, indicating some experienced difficulty with bullying.
We have been told that opposition Councillors spend as little time in County hall as possible pre or après meetings (apart from the tittle-tattlers) then one has to ask who are the bully’s?

A recent report into allegations of bullying at Ryedale DC, where a former top NCC officer secured the job as its chief executive was commissioned in 2017 and completed the following year.
It has finally been made public following a Freedom of Information request. The report found that staff were reduced to tears at the council, with public humiliation, emotional abuse and unmanageable workloads common, and some staff even left feeling suicidal as a result. The council, which covers one of the country’s largest areas, but with one of its smallest populations, underwent a major restructuring in 2015, with staff numbers reduced from 270 to 170.

A spokesman for the council said that since current CEO Stacey Burlet joined in 2018, “prompt and decisive action” had been taken to address the problem, with Ms Burlet saying there is “no place for bullies or bullying at the Council.”

She should be invited back to sort things in Northumberland.





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