Council and councillors

a.             To receive reports from Committees on matters which require Council approval because the Committee does not have the delegated authority to act on the Council’s behalf.

b.             To receive reports from Council Committees on any other matters and to receive questions and answers on any of those reports.

i.      Annual Report of the Employment and Appeals Committee

Report No. 151/2018 was received from the Chair of the Employment and Appeals Committee.

The purpose of the Report was to set out the work of the Employment and Appeals Committee for the 2017/18 in an annual report for Council’s information as a matter of good practice.

RESOLVED

 To NOTE the Annual Report of the Employment and Appeals Committee.

To receive Report No. 98/2018 from the Chair of the Employment and Appeals Committee.

Report No. 98/2018 was received from the Chair of the Employment and Appeals Committee.

The Head of Human Resources introduced the report, the purpose of which was to set out the work of the Committee for 2017/18 in an annual report in line with best practice.

During discussion the following points were noted:

·         The amended policies outlined in 3.1 of the report were now in place and effective.

·         There was now a plaque in reception to confirm the Council’s signing of, and commitment to, the ‘Dying to Work Charter’

·         The staff engagement survey had been well received and would lead to a new Workforce Development Strategy later in the year.

RESOLVED:

The Committee APPROVED the annual report of the Employment and Appeals Committee.