Employment & Workforce

113 FOI requests relate to this topic across 15 authorities. Full disclosure rate: 46.0%.

By Authority

Authority	Count
cabinet-office	Cabinet Office
department-of-health-and-social-care	Department of Health and Social Care
isle-of-man-post-office	Isle of Man Post Office
department-for-enterprise	Department for Enterprise
manx-care	Manx Care
treasury	Treasury
department-of-education-sport-and-culture	Department of Education, Sport and Culture
department-of-infrastructure	Department of Infrastructure
manx-utilities-authority	Manx Utilities Authority
department-of-environment-food-and-agriculture	Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture
general-registry	General Registry
department-of-home-affairs	Department of Home Affairs
attorney-general-s-chambers	Attorney General's Chambers
isle-of-man-constabulary	Isle of Man Constabulary
office-of-the-clerk-of-tynwald	Office of the Clerk of Tynwald

By Year

Year	Count
2017	10
2018	11
2019	2
2020	5
2021	14
2022	19
2023	25
2024	17
2025	9
2026	1

Outcomes

Outcome	Count	%
All information sent	52	46.0%
Information not held	24	21.2%
Some information sent but not all held	16	14.2%
Some information sent but part exempt	10	8.8%
No information sent - all held but exempt	4	3.5%
Not upheld	3	2.7%
Request lapsed - requested information not provided	2	1.8%
Decision Notice - Complaint not upheld	1	0.9%
Upheld - partial	1	0.9%

Notable Cases (20)

[-] Applications by immigration route 9 months to 31 December 2025

2026-01-05 | Treasury | Some information sent but part exempt

The request sought immigration application and visa issuance statistics for April to December 2025, but the Treasury only provided data for October to December 2025 as earlier figures were already publicly available.

The response covers the period from 1 October 2025 to 31 December 2025.
Data for April to September 2025 was withheld because it was already published under Case ID FOI 4968029.
Appendix 1 details 583 total visa applications received and 249 non-visa applications received.

Data: 583, 576, 249, 189, 1 April 2025

[-] Information regarding controller / processor relationship(s) for PiP

2025-08-13 | Cabinet Office | Some information sent but part exempt

The request sought the Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) and documents identifying controller/processor relationships for the PiP payroll system. The authority provided a partial response containing risk assessments and mitigation strategies from the DPIA, though some information was withheld under exemptions.

The PiP system stores sensitive employment data including trade union membership, bank details, and special categories like ethnicity and religion.
Access to special category data is restricted to employees and limited OHR system administration accounts.
Document attachment functionality was switched off pending assessment to prevent excessive data collection.

Data: 2025-08-13, 2025-09-23, 83, 2

[-] Bonus payments

2025-01-09 | Department for Enterprise | Some information sent but part exempt

The request sought details on bonus payments to Department for Enterprise staff over five years, including counts, totals, and specific KPIs. The authority disclosed the number of recipients and total amounts paid but withheld specific performance metrics citing personal data exemptions.

Approximately 5% of the Department for Enterprise workforce operates under individual contracts allowing for performance-related pay.
Bonus payments are not guaranteed and are linked to general divisional or agency plans rather than specific individual KPIs.
The number of staff receiving bonuses ranged from 3 to 7 annually over the five-year period.

Data: 2023/24: 7 recipients, £81,676 total, 2022/23: 3 recipients, £46,200 total, 2021/22: 3 recipients, £31,075 total, 2020/21: 3 recipients, £33,135 total, 2019/20: 3 recipients, £30,443 total

[-] Closure of Cummal Mooar

2023-08-22 | Manx Care | Some information sent but part exempt

A request was made for details regarding the decommissioning of Cummal Mooar, including meeting attendees, decision-makers, and mitigation measures. Manx Care provided excerpts for some questions but withheld information on attendees and decision-makers due to data protection exemptions and stated they could not locate records for mitigation measures and PSC notification.

The request concerned the closure of Cummal Mooar and the impact on staff and residents.
Information regarding who attended meetings and who the decision maker was was withheld.
The authority stated they do not hold or could not find information on mitigation measures.

Data: 22 August 2023, 23 May 2024, 3345973, IM4 4R, 01624 650 000

[~] employment practices liability insurance

2022-07-19 | Department for Enterprise | Information not held

The requester asked for information on employment practices liability insurance for Department for Enterprise agencies and related legislation. The authority disclosed that executive agencies have such coverage via a Zurich policy but confirmed no information exists regarding legislative amendments to mandate this insurance.

Executive agencies (Digital, Business, Financial, Visit) have Directors' and Officers' insurance that includes Employment Practice liability cover.
The insurance policy is provided by Zurich.
The cover protects agencies against financial loss from employment claims made during the insurance period.

Data: 2539625, 2022-07-19, 2022-07-27, 2 August 2022, 01624 686400

[~] Restriction of postal Service Insurance to counter-purchased stamps

2022-05-16 | Isle of Man Post Office | Request lapsed - requested information not provided

The requester sought justification for a policy allegedly denying compensation for pre-stamped parcels, but the authority clarified that the staff advice was incorrect and confirmed that pre-stamped items are eligible for compensation. The FOI request ultimately lapsed as the matter was resolved as a customer complaint rather than through formal information disclosure.

The Isle of Man Post Office confirmed that counter staff incorrectly advised the customer that pre-stamped parcels were not covered by compensation schemes.
Management investigated the incident and reminded all staff that pre-stamped items with correct postage are covered for loss, damage, and delay.
The authority stated there is no restrictive practice or second-grade level of postage stamps regarding compensation eligibility.

Data: 2446957, 2022-05-16, 2022-05-18, 2022-05-25, 2022-05-27

[+] Dr Rosalind Ranson

2022-05-11 | Attorney General's Chambers | All information sent

The requester asked for the total bill for legal services related to the Dr Rosalind Ranson tribunal. The Attorney General's Chambers disclosed the total external fees paid and the internal hours spent by counsel, clarifying that internal time is not billed back to government departments.

Total external fees charged and paid for the tribunal were £43,528.80.
The last external expense was charged on 11 February 2022.
Attorney General's Chambers counsel spent 508 billable hours on the case.

Data: £43,528.80, 11/02/2022, 508 hours, 2022-05-11, 2022-06-09

[+] publication of summarised employment rights

2022-03-22 | Department for Enterprise | All information sent

The requester asked for information on the publication of summarised employment rights under Section 172 of the Employment Act 2006 for the most recent three years. The authority disclosed that the section was repealed in 2017 and provided a 2014 document detailing the proposal to repeal it due to high costs, while noting that summaries are now distributed via booklets and the website.

Section 172 of the Employment Act 2006 was repealed by the Equality Act 2017 in June 2017.
The repealed section required annual publication of employment rights notices in two newspapers.
The Department proposed repeal in April 2014 because newspaper adverts were expensive and they preferred distributing booklets and online guides.

Data: 2022-03-22, 2022-04-14, 2017, 2014, 2006

[~] Staff qualifications at DEFA

2021-11-02 | Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture | Request lapsed - requested information not provided

The requester asked for specific data on DEFA staff resignations with PhDs or veterinary degrees and their replacement rates over 10 years. The authority provided proxy data based on staff using the title 'Dr' and veterinary degree counts, but stated they lacked resources to determine exact replacement figures, leading to the request lapsing.

The request was made on 2021-11-02 and lapsed on 2021-12-07 because the specific information requested was not fully provided.
The authority used the title 'Dr' as a proxy for PhD holders, noting that staff choice affects data accuracy.
Over the period 2011-2021, 3 people with veterinary degrees left the department and 2 started.

Data: 2021-11-02, 2021-12-07, 10 years, 3 people with veterinary degrees left, 2 people with veterinary degrees started

[~] Operations

2021-10-13 | Manx Care | Some information sent but not all held

The requester asked for the number of operations cancelled since April 1, 2021, and specifically how many were due to staff shortages. Manx Care provided a breakdown of cancellations by various recorded reasons but stated they do not record 'staff shortages' as a specific category, though they acknowledged ongoing staff issues in a separate public statement.

Manx Care does not record 'staff shortages' as a specific reason for operation cancellations in their systems.
A total of 1,076 operations were cancelled by patients.
643 operations were cancelled by the hospital before the day of admission.

Data: April 1 2021, 1076, 643, 252, 112

[~] Costs for off island recruitment costs

2021-10-04 | Department of Health and Social Care | Some information sent but not all held

The requester asked for off-island recruitment costs for the Department of Health and Social Care over five years, but the department only held data for the period after its redesign in April 2021, referring older data to Manx Care.

The Department of Health and Social Care was redesigned on 1 April 2021, separating policy from service delivery by Manx Care.
Information for the period prior to 1 April 2021 was refused as it is likely held by Manx Care.
No payments were made to recruitment agencies between 1 April 2021 and 13 October 2021.

Data: 13/10/16 - 13/10/21, 1 April 2021, 13 October 2021, £10,000, £3,854

[~] Unfilled job listings