FOI Request - Retirement on Ill-Health Grounds

Request 101003365951

Further to my previous reques, under FOISA, I am looking for information about the numbers of staff retired or dismissed due to ill health, in particular where that ill-health relates to "Long Covid".

Specifically I am looking for:

In financial years 2022/23 (where the previous release of information was not the complete year) and 2023/24:

1.  How many employees have left your organisation due to ill health
Of these how many have been
dismissed on ill health grounds
retired on ill health grounds

2.  How many employees in your organisation are absent due to long-term ill-health
Of these, how many
Are absent due to “long Covid” (i.e. with a diagnosis)
Are absent due to symptoms comparable to “long covid” (i.e. without a diagnosis)

3. Of the employees who have been dismissed on ill health grounds, how many of these
Were dismissed due to “long Covid”, (i.e. with a diagnosis)
Were dismissed due to symptoms comparable to “long covid” (i.e. without a diagnosis)

4.  Of the employees who have been retired on ill health grounds, how many of these
Were retired due to “long Covid”, (i.e. with a diagnosis)
Were retired due to symptoms comparable to “long covid” (i.e. without a diagnosis)

5.  How many personal injury claims your organisation has received from employees who have long Covid

Finally, please provide your sickness and absence policy for managing employee absence due to “long Covid”

Response 23-08-2023

Updated 24-11-2023

The response to your response can be found here.

Please also find attached the Moray Council Health and Work Policy.