FOI Request - Sick Leave and Early Retirements

Request 101003443509

1.  Number of Moray Council employees on long term sick (over 7 days) as of 01/12/2023?

2.  The number of ill health-related early retirements in 2023, in the Moray Council?

3.  The average pay rise across all departments since March 2020?

Response 19-01-2024

1. 321

2. 21

3. Unable to provide an average as the percentages in each year are vastly different dependant on spinal points, listed below are the percentage ranges for each year:

SJC Staff
April 2020           3%
January 2021     1% up to 4.72% dependent on spinal point
April 2022           5% up to 10.8% dependent on spinal point
April 2023           6.05% up to 9.47% dependent on spinal point

Teaching Staff
April 2020           3%
April 2021           0.81% up to 1.22% dependent on grade
January 2022     1%
April 2022           5.62% up to 7% dependent on grade
April 2023           3.8% up to 5% dependent on grade
January 2024     1.46% up to 2% dependent on grade