This is not a situation I am in however, a friend of mine is.
My friend works for a civil service department, my friends line manager has asked my friend by email to delete certain emails relating to a case file the line manager is building against another member of staff. In the email from the line manager they clearly instruct my friend to delete all emails relating to the third person, quote "you know what FOI is like". As a result my friend has serious concerns about this if an FOI resquest was to be made in the future by the third person whom the case file is being built against. Surely this conduct is not on by the line manager in question? My friend is quite worried and a bit stressed about the hole thing.
From a legal viewpoint, the conduct by the line manager can't be right, can it?
My friend works for a civil service department, my friends line manager has asked my friend by email to delete certain emails relating to a case file the line manager is building against another member of staff. In the email from the line manager they clearly instruct my friend to delete all emails relating to the third person, quote "you know what FOI is like". As a result my friend has serious concerns about this if an FOI resquest was to be made in the future by the third person whom the case file is being built against. Surely this conduct is not on by the line manager in question? My friend is quite worried and a bit stressed about the hole thing.
From a legal viewpoint, the conduct by the line manager can't be right, can it?
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