Mutual Agreed Resignation Scheme (MARS)

Summary

The request sought MARS resignation statistics by sorting office and age range for the last five years; the authority provided total and office-specific counts for the available three-year period but withheld age data due to privacy exemptions.

Key Facts

• MARS was introduced by the Isle of Man Post Office in January 2019, limiting available data to three years.
• A total of 20 employees took MARS across the four sorting offices during the available period.
• Douglas Sorting Office accounted for 14 of the MARS resignations.
• Northern, Peel, and South Delivery Offices each had 2 MARS resignations.
• Age range breakdowns were refused as they constitute exempt personal information.

Data Disclosed

• 20
• 14
• 2
• January 2019
• 29 March 2022
• 3rd May 2022
• 2351498

Exemptions Cited

• Section 25 of the Act (absolutely exempt personal information)
• Article 5 of the General Data Protection Regulation (data protection principles)
• Article 6 of the General Data Protection Regulation (conditions for lawful processing)

Original Request

How many people from each of the 4 sorting offices across the island have taken MARS in the last 5 years? Can you break this down by each sorting office? Can you break down the age ranges of those who took MARS, from each of those sorting offices?

Data Tables (1)

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: 2351498 3rd May 2022

Dear ###

We write further to your request which was received on 29 March 2022 and which states:

1. How many people from each of the 4 sorting offices across the island have taken MARS in the last 5 years?
2. Can you break this down by each sorting office?

3. Can you break down the age ranges of those who took MARS, from each of those sorting offices? While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance the Isle of Man Post Office (IOMPO) does not hold some of the information that you have requested:
    MARS was introduced by IOMPO in January 2019 and therefore data is only available for the past three calendar years I have detailed below the information that is held:

4. How many people from each of the 4 sorting offices across the island have taken MARS in the last 5 years?
   20

5. Can you break this down by each sorting office? Douglas Sorting Office – 14 Northern Delivery Office – 2 Peel Delivery Office – 2 South Delivery Office – 2

6. Can you break down the age ranges of those who took MARS, from each of those sorting offices? While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance we are unable to provide some of the information you have requested because it is absolutely exempt under section 25 of the Act (absolutely exempt personal information). The reasons why that exemption applies are that:  IOMPO is satisfied that the information amounts to personal data of which you are not the data subject; and  IOMPO is satisfied that disclosure of the information would contravene one of the data protection principles as set out at Article 5 of the General Data Protection

Regulation as it applies in the Isle of Man pursuant to the Data Protection (Application of GDPR) Order 2018, namely that IOMPO can only disclose the information where it would be fair, lawful and meet one of the conditions for lawful processing in Article 6 and in this case, none of those conditions have been met.

Please quote the reference number 2351498 in any future communication.

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