65 has almost halved and their percentage of the senior postholder workforce has fallen. 100% of senior postholders in the Customer Access Service are aged 40-64 – though this is only 6 posts and over 93% of senior postholders in Community – Services are in this age group, both shown in blue in the table above. In contrast 66.6% of senior postholders in Communications and 68.2% in Governance, Finance and Public Services are aged 40-64 shown in orange in the table above. Leavers As mentioned earlier, some limited information about employees leaving the County Council in terms of disability and ethnicity has been obtained. This covers the period 1 January to 31 December 2016. As this level of information has not been provided previously, no comparator information is included. It is also possible that this information includes staff in schools as it is not clear whether this has been disaggregated. The table below shows the number of leavers overall and the numbers of disabled and BME employees leaving the County Council alongside the reasons for leaving. Reason for Number of Number of Number of BME Leaving Employees Disabled Employees Employees Deceased 18 1 0 Dismissal - 15 1 0 Conduct Dismissal Long 13 2 0 – Term Absence Dismissal 1 0 0 – Repeated Short Term Absence Dismissal Some 8 0 0 – Other Substantial Reason Dismissal 15 0 0 – Unsatisfactory Probation End of Casual 239 5 3 Worker Engagement End of Fixed Term 83 0 1 Contract Post – Disestablished or Funding Ceased End of Fixed Term 17 0 0 Contract Return – of Substantive Postholder
65 has almost halved and their percentage of the senior postholder workforce has fallen. 100% of senior postholders in the Customer Access Service are aged 40-64 – though this is only 6 posts – and over 93% of senior postholders in Community Services are in this age group, both shown in blue in the table above. In contrast 66.6% of senior postholders in Communications and 68.2% in Governance, Finance and Public Services are aged 40-64 shown in orange in the table above. Leavers As mentioned earlier, some limited information about employees leaving the County Council in terms of disability and ethnicity has been obtained. This covers the period 1 January to 31 December 2016. As this level of information has not been provided previously, no comparator information is included. It is also possible that this information includes staff in schools as it is not clear whether this has been disaggregated. The table below shows the number of leavers overall and the numbers of disabled and BME employees leaving the County Council alongside the reasons for leaving. Reason for Leaving Number of Employees Number of Disabled Employees Number of BME Employees Deceased 18 1 0 Dismissal - Conduct 15 1 0 Dismissal – Long Term Absence 13 2 0 Dismissal – Repeated Short Term Absence 1 0 0 Dismissal – Some Other Substantial Reason 8 0 0 Dismissal – Unsatisfactory Probation 15 0 0 End of Casual Worker Engagement 239 5 3 End of Fixed Term Contract – Post Disestablished or Funding Ceased 83 0 1 End of Fixed Term Contract – Return of Substantive Postholder 17 0 0