Leeds’ children’s services has refused to comment on claims social workers have filed a formal grievance over high workloads.
Senior figures in charge of the council department said they would not be drawn on “confidential HR matters”, when asked whether or not they’d received a grievance at a scrutiny meeting on Wednesday morning. Conservative councillor Ryan Stephenson, who raised the issue at the meeting, criticised that response, later tweeting that getting an answer was “in the public interest”.
Unite, the trade union that represents social workers on the council, has been contacted for comment.
