Bonus Culture



I have submitted another FoI request to North Lanarkshire Council (NLC) regarding the performance management scheme which has resulted in substantial 'bonuses' being paid to the Council's most senior (and highest paid) officials in recent years.  

Now if you ask me this scheme is a scandal and I look forward to the Council's response to my FoI request and its justification for paying these big bonuses when the rest of the Council workforce has faced a policy of public sector pay restraint.

Let's hope that NLC councillors, MSPs and MPs begin to raise these issues in the Scottish Parliament because it's no way for a Labour-run council, or any council for that matter, to behave.

5 November 2014
Gavin Whitefield
Chief Executive
North Lanarkshire Council


Dear Mr Whitefield

FOISA Request 

I would like to make the following request under the Freedom of Information Scotland Act 2002.

Please provide me with details of the Council's performance management scheme for chief officials which has resulted in substantial 'bonuses' being paid to the Council's highest paid staff in recent years.

2 Please include details of the decision making process by which these payments are made and the criteria used to measure and assess performance.

Please include any documents which explain the background to the scheme and the alleged justification for paying performance bonuses to the Council's most senior officials while the rest of the workforce has faced a policy of public sector pay restraint. 

4 Please include a breakdown of all payments made under the scheme to date.
I look forward to your reply and would be grateful if you could respond to me by e-mail to: markirvine@compuserve.com
    
Kind regards



Mark Irvine

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