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Agenda and minutes

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Items
No. Item

148.

APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

Minutes:

Apologies for absence were received from Miss G Waller, Mr A Walters and Mr D Wilby. Mr J Dale attended as a substitute for Miss Waller.

149.

DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

 

In accordance with the Regulations, Members are invited to declare any disclosable interests under the Code of Conduct and the nature of those interests in respect of items on this Agenda and/or indicate if Section 106 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 applies to them.

 

Minutes:

There were no declarations of interest in respect of items on the agenda.

150.

TERMS OF REFERENCE pdf icon PDF 56 KB

To note the terms of reference, number of places and voting places, membership and dates of meeting of the Employment and Appeals Committee.

Minutes:

The terms of reference, number of places and voting places, membership and dates of meeting of the Employment and Appeals Committee were noted by the Committee.

151.

MINUTES

To confirm the Minutes of the Employment and Appeals Committee held on 6 February 2018, previously circulated.

Minutes:

The minutes of the Employment and Appeals Committee held on 6 February 2018, copies of which had been previously circulated, were confirmed and signed by the Chairman.

152.

PETITIONS, DEPUTATIONS AND QUESTIONS

To receive any petitions, deputations and questions received from members of the public in accordance with the provisions of Procedure Rules.

 

The total time allowed for this shall be 30 minutes. Petitions, deputations and questions shall be dealt with in the order in which they are received.

 

Questions may also be submitted at short notice by giving a written copy to the Governance Officer 15 minutes before the start of the meeting. The total time allowed for questions at short notice is 15 minutes out of the total time of 30 minutes.

 

Any petitions, deputations and questions which have been submitted with prior formal notice will take precedence over questions submitted at short notice. Any questions which are not considered within the time limit shall receive a written response after the meeting and be the subject of a report to the next meeting.

Minutes:

No petitions, declarations or questions from members of the public were received.

153.

QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS

To consider any questions received from Members of the Council in accordance with the provisions of Procedure Rule 95.

 

Minutes:

No questions from Members were received.

154.

NOTICES OF MOTION

To consider any Notices of Motion from Members submitted under Procedure Rule 97.

 

Minutes:

No notices of motion were received.

155.

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE EMPLOYMENT AND APPEALS COMMITTEE pdf icon PDF 71 KB

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

Minutes:

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.

 

 

156.

GENDER PAY GAP pdf icon PDF 106 KB

To receive Report No. 99/2018 from the Director for Resources.

Minutes:

Report No. 99/2018 was received from the Director for Resources.

 

The Head of Human Resources introduced the report the purpose of which was to advise the Committee of the first set of Gender Pay Gap data reported for the Council and any associated implications and actions.

 

During discussion the following points were noted:

 

·         The new rules on organisations reporting data about their gender pay gap had come about primarily because of concerns in the private sector.

·         Equal pay had been a significant priority for many years in the Council

·         Within the Council system, it would not be possible to appoint a women at a lower salary level than a man if they did the same job. Roles were carefully evaluated and given a grading within the pay structure.

·         Most authorities adhered to national pay scales but where grades were placed within that scale was a local decision.

·         Historically there had been two pay scales; one for administrative jobs and one for manual jobs. The introduction of a single status pay scale was about eliminating the bias between these two types of roles.

·         As this was only the first year of reporting on this specific gender pay gap data, Members would be interested in next year when year on year comparisons could be made.

 

 

RESOLVED

 

The Committee NOTED the report.

157.

HR POLICIES pdf icon PDF 71 KB

To receive Report No. 100/2018 from the Director for Resources.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Report No 100/2018 was received from the Director for Resources.

 

The Head of Human Resources introduced the report the purpose of which was to seek approval for a combined policy to reflect the Council’s Family Friendly policies including Maternity, Paternity Adoption and Shared Parental Leave. The report also sought approval for an updated Flexible Retirement Policy.

 

During discussion the following points were noted:

 

·         A flexible retirement policy was a provision in the Local Government Pension Scheme so not providing one was not an option. However the Council did not have to approve requests and would only consider those that met the criteria in terms of workplace requirements and financial implications.

·         Officers were working on introducing a new pay spine for April 2019 and would bring this to the Committee before its approval. No-one would be disadvantaged or worse off because of it.

 

 

RESOLVED

 

The Employment and Appeals Committee;

 

1.    Considered and APPROVED the combined Umbrella Families Policy which replaced four separate policies (Appendix A)

 

2.    Considered and APPROVED the Flexible Retirement Policy (Appendix B)

 

3.    NOTED the update on the NJC Green Book pay spine.

 

158.

ANY URGENT BUSINESS

To receive items of urgent business which have previously been notified to the person presiding.

Minutes:

No items of urgent business were received.

 

 

Items to be included on the agenda for the next meeting of the Employment and Appeals Committee include:

 

Revised Pay Spine to be introduced in April 2019.

 

 

 

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The Chairman declared the meeting closed at 7.35 pm.

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