{"id":281,"date":"2017-03-16T14:46:56","date_gmt":"2017-03-16T14:46:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/statistics\/?p=281"},"modified":"2017-03-16T14:46:56","modified_gmt":"2017-03-16T14:46:56","slug":"scottish-government-workforce-information","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/statistics\/2017\/03\/16\/scottish-government-workforce-information\/","title":{"rendered":"Scottish Government Workforce Information"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Information on the number of Scottish Government\u00a0workers, staff sickness rates, and staff diversity\u00a0for the last five years, up to December 2016, has been published.<\/p>\n<p>There has been a small increase\u00a0in directly employed staff\u00a0from December 2015 (5,120 FTE) to December 2016 (5,149 FTE).<\/p>\n<p>Also the number of contingent (non-directly employed) workers has\u00a0decreased by 5 per cent\u00a0to\u00a0992 (December 2016).<\/p>\n<p>Staff sickness rates at the end of December 2016\u00a0remained the same as\u00a0the previous\u00a0year,\u00a07.4 average working days lost (AWDL) per staff year and 3.3 per cent of working days lost.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, the proportions of directly employed staff providing diversity information on ethnicity, sexual orientation and religion have increased.<\/p>\n<p>To access the full statistical publication see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gov.scot\/Publications\/2017\/03\/8737\">Scottish Government Workforce Information, 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Questions and comments:<\/strong>Telephone:\u00a00131 244 2106<\/p>\n<p>Email:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:HRStatisticsMailbox@gov.scot\">HRStatisticsMailbox@gov.scot<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow us on Twitter: <a href=\"http:\/\/register.scotstat.org\/s\/1f7360\">@ScotStat<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Information on the number of Scottish Government\u00a0workers, staff sickness rates, and staff diversity\u00a0for the last five years, up to December 2016, has been published. 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