Personnel Appeals Sub-committee - 03/09/2001

At a MEETING of the PERSONNEL APPEALS SUB-COMMITTEE held at Dundee on 3rd September, 2001.

Present:-

COUNCILLORS

Councillor Farquhar, Convener, in the Chair.

The minute of meeting of this Sub-Committee of 16th August, 2001 was held as read.

Unless marked thus * all items stand delegated.

The Sub-Committee resolved under Section 50(A)(4) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, that the public and press be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the undernoted item of business on the grounds that it involved a likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 1 of Part I of Schedule 7(A) of the Act.

I SOCIAL WORK DEPARTMENT - APPEAL AGAINST DISMISSAL

It was reported that the appeal had been submitted by Ms A B, an employee within the Social Work Department, against her dismissal.

The Sub-Committee heard the Council's representative and witnesses and thereafter the appellant.

After questions had been put and answers given by both parties to each other and witnesses and by members of the Sub-Committee, the parties withdrew.

Thereafter, following careful consideration of all the information, the Sub-Committee agreed that the grounds of the appeal had not been substantiated and that the appeal be not upheld.

CHARLES D P FARQUHAR, Convener.