Settlement Agreements

Summary

The requester asked for statistics on settlement agreements issued by the Office of the Clerk of Tynwald since September 2021 and a blank template. The authority responded that no such agreements have been issued in that period and they do not hold a blank template.

Key Facts

• The Office of the Clerk of Tynwald has made no employment settlement agreements since September 2021.
• The authority does not hold a blank settlement agreement template on file.
• The definition of settlement agreement used is based on ACAS guidelines.
• The request was received on 31 December 2024 and closed on 27 January 2025.
• The outcome of the request was that all information was sent.

Data Disclosed

• September 2021
• 31 December 2024
• 27 January 2025
• 0
• 4339578

Original Request

Dear Sir, Please may you provide me with the total number of Settlement Agreements that have been issued by the Office of the Clerk of Tynwald between September 2021 and current. Please may this be broken down into a table which categorises the reason for the Settlement Agreement (e.g. disciplinary etc.) and also the monetary compensation figure associated with each respective Settlement Agreement. Lastly, please may you provide me with a blank copy of the Settlement Agreement that is currently on file that would be used as a template to fill in the blanks as per se. Thanks.

Data Tables (1)

Full Response Text

Freedom of Information Co-Ordinator Office of the Clerk of Tynwald Legislative Buildings Douglas Isle of Man IM1 3PW Telephone: 01624 685500

Our ref: 4339578 27 January 2025

Dear #####

We write further to your request, received 31 December 2024, which states:

Your Request

"Please may you provide me with the total number of Settlement Agreements that have been issued by the Office of the Clerk of Tynwald between September 2021 and current.

Please may this be broken down into a table which categorises the reason for the Settlement Agreement (e.g. disciplinary etc.) and also the monetary compensation figure associated with each respective Settlement Agreement.

Lastly, please may you provide me with a blank copy of the Settlement Agreement that is currently on file that would be used as a template to fill in the blanks as per se.

Our Response

The Office of the Clerk of Tynwald has made no employment settlement agreements since September 2021. We are using the definition of settlement agreement as per ACAS available here: https://www.acas.org.uk/sites/default/files/2021-03/settlement-agreements.pdf

We do not hold a blank settlement agreement on file that would be used as a template for such settlement agreements.

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Yours sincerely

FOI Coordinator