Staff

Summary

The requester asked for the number of extra staff hired by the Isle of Man Post Office for Christmas over the last five years. The authority clarified that they do not recruit specific 'Christmas staff' but provided figures for casual worker contracts issued during that period.

Key Facts

• The Isle of Man Post Office does not recruit specific 'Christmas Staff' and has not done so for several years.
• The authority provided data on the number of individuals issued with casual worker contracts instead.
• The request covered the five calendar years from 2017 to 2021.
• The highest number of casual contracts was issued in 2020.
• The request was received on 8 March 2022 and concluded on 21 March 2022.

Data Disclosed

• 2021 - 24
• 2020 - 74
• 2019 – 31
• 2018 – 30
• 2017 – 23
• 2022-03-08
• 2022-03-21
• 2309962

Original Request

Christmas Staff: The Christmas period is always very busy for the IOM postal service and the IOMPO advise their customers of final posting dates for letter and parcels, for both on and off island deliveries each year. In preparation for this, the IOMPO have always advertised for additional roles to assist in this significant increase in workloads. How many extra staff have the IOMPO taken on in the run up to Christmas in each of the last 5 years?

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Data Tables (reformatted)

Full Response Text

Postal Headquarters Spring Valley Industrial Estate Douglas Isle of Man, 1M2 IAA

Switchboard: +44 (0)1624 698400 Telephone: +44 (0)1624 698402 Fax: +44 (0)1624 698406 Email: foi@iompost.com Web: www.iompost.com

Our ref: 2309962 21 March 2022

Dear ###

We write further to your request which was received on 8 March 2022 and which states:

Christmas Staff:
The Christmas period is always very busy for the IOM postal service and the IOMPO advise their customers of final posting dates for letter and parcels, for both on and off island deliveries each year. In preparation for this, the IOMPO have always advertised for additional roles to assist in this significant increase in workloads.
How many extra staff have the IOMPO taken on in the run up to Christmas in each of the last 5 years?

Our response to your request is as follows: I have detailed below the information that is being released to you.

Christmas Staff:
The Christmas period is always very busy for the IOM postal service and the IOMPO advise their customers of final posting dates for letter and parcels, for both on and off island deliveries each year. In preparation for this, the IOMPO have always advertised for additional roles to assist in this significant increase in workloads.
How many extra staff have the IOMPO taken on in the run up to Christmas in each of the last 5 years?

IOMP don’t recruit Christmas Staff and haven’t done for a number of years. In the last 5 calendar years the following number of individuals have been issued with casual worker contracts.

2021 - 24 2020 - 74 2019 – 31 2018 – 30 2017 – 23

Please quote the reference number 2309962 in any future communications.

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