Settlement Agreements

Summary

The requester asked for statistics and a template regarding employment settlement agreements issued by the Gambling Supervision Commission since September 2021. The authority responded that no such agreements were issued during that period and no template is held on file.

Key Facts

• The Gambling Supervision Commission issued zero employment settlement agreements between September 2021 and January 6, 2025.
• The authority does not hold a blank copy of any settlement agreement template on file.
• The request required clarification to specify that it concerned employment settlements rather than other types.
• The final response was issued on January 6, 2025, closing the request.

Data Disclosed

• September 2021
• 6 January 2025
• 31 December 2024
• 3 January 2025
• 0
• 4339703

Original Request

Dear Sir, Please may you provide me with the total number of Settlement Agreements that have been issued by the Gambling Supervision Commission 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

Ground Floor, St. Georges Court,
Myrtle Street, Douglas,
Isle of Man, IM1 1ED

Telephone: (01624) 694331 Fax: (01624) 694344 E-mail: gaming@gov.im
www.gov.im/gambling

Our ref: 4339703 6 January 2025

Dear ###

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

" Dear Sir,

Please may you provide me with the total number of Settlement Agreements that have been issued by the Gambling Supervision Commission 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."

On 3 January 2025 we asked if you could provide clarification in relation to your request as follows:

“In order to identify and locate the information that you have asked for we need some further information from you. In particular, it would be helpful to know the specific type of Settlement Agreements you are referring to.”

On 6 January 2025 you provided clarification as follows:

“This request relates to employment settlement agreements whereby a member of staff leaves the authority and both parties undertake a settlement agreement.”

Our response to your request is as follows:

The Gambling Supervision Commission has not issued any employment settlement agreements for the period September 2021 to 6 January 2025 and do not hold a blank copy of any settlement agreement templates on file.

Please quote the reference number 4339703 in any future communications.

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