Report No. 30/2018 from the Chief Executive was received, the purpose of which was to comply with S. 38 to 43 of the Localism Act 2011 which requires local authorities to produce a Pay Policy Statement.

Mr Hemsley introduced and moved the recommendations in the report.  Mr Brown seconded the recommendations.

During debate the following points were raised:

1. Mr Conde raised a question regarding the lowest paid staff comparison table at section 9.3 of the report in that the “Lowest salary from lowest paid staff group” was higher than the “Average salary of lowest paid staff group”.  The Chairman confirmed that this would be investigated and a response would be provided outside of the meeting.

RESOLVED

1)    To APPROVE the updated Pay Policy for 2018-19.

2)    To NOTE that the policy reflects salary levels as at 2017-18 pending the outcome of national pay negotiations for 2018-19 and that the Pay Policy Statement will be updated once the outcome is known.

3)    To APPROVE the proposal to put in place the provision to withhold pay increment progression until the employee satisfactorily completes their probation.