FOI request detail

Gross Misconduct in 2018 and 2019

Request ID: FOI-2761-1920
Date published: 13 January 2020

You asked

Refined request from FOI-2579-1920: Under the FoI act I would the following information. - The number of staff charged with Gross Miscounduct from January 2018 until 22 November 2019. - Of those charged with Gross Miscounduct how many staff appealed the charge. - Of those who appealed how many were successful. - Of those successful how many staff returned to a post in TFL. Please keep to the same request for information but do not include operational staff such as London Underground and bus staff, Just provide information on office based-staff. I assume you would call this non-operational staff?

We answered

Our Ref:         FOI-2761-1920

Thank you for your request received on 22 November 2019 asking for information about incidents of gross misconduct in 2018 and 2019 for non-operational staff.
 
Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act and our information access policy. I can confirm we do hold the information you require.
 
The number of non-operational staff charged with Gross Misconduct from January 2018 until 22 November 2019 = 66
- Of those charged with Gross Misconduct how many staff appealed the charge = 35
- Of those who appealed how many were successful = 1
- Of those successful how many staff returned to a post in TFL = 1
 
There was an average number of 12,300 non-operational staff during the requested period. 0.46% of non-operational employees have had a disciplinary case using an average headcount across the timeframe. Please note that the 66 cases related to 57 employees, as some had more than one disciplinary case against them.

If this is not the information you are looking for please feel free to contact me.
 
Please see the attached information sheet for details of your right to appeal.

Yours sincerely

Gemma Jacob
Senior FOI Case Officer
FOI Case Management Team
General Counsel
Transport for London

[email protected]

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