Issue - meetings
Pay Policy 18/19 Revised
Meeting: 08/02/2018 - General Purposes Committee (Item 4)
4 Pay Policy Statement PDF 130 KB
Under Section 38(1) of the Localism Act 2011, the Council is required to adopt a pay policy statement for each financial year.
Additional documents:
- Appendix 1 - Pay Policy Statement 2018-19 v3 071217.docx, item 4 PDF 100 KB
- Appendix 2 - Pay Policy Statement 2017-18.docx, item 4 PDF 90 KB
- Appendix 3 - Local Government Transparency Code 2015.pdf, item 4 PDF 845 KB
Minutes:
Heather Daley, Divisional Director HR and Transformation introduced the report which presented an updated Pay Policy Statement for the Committee’s consideration. Ms Daley briefly highlighted the key changes to the Statement from its previous publication, which are as summarised in the covering report.
The Committee asked for further clarification on paragraph 12.4 of the Statement, ‘Negotiated Settlements’, particularly whether the term ‘senior executive’ was appropriate and if so, which roles in the Council’s workforce would fall within this definition. The Committee felt resolving this query was particularly important as paragraph 12.4 confirmed that the General Purposes Committee has a direct role in approving negotiated settlements. The Chair recommended that the Statement be amended, if necessary, to resolve this issue prior to the submission of the Statement to full Council and suggested any amendments be agreed by the Chief Executive following consultation with himself, the Divisional Director (HR and Transformation) and the Monitoring Officer.
The Committee expressed some concern with the updated pay multiple calculation (explained at paragraph 3.8 of the covering report) as it confirmed that the multiple has increased on the previous year. The Committee asked that members be provided with a note to explain this increase.
The Committee noted that gender pay information (including the identification of any gender pay gap) did not form part of the Pay Policy Statement. It felt it would be logical to include this information in the Statement. Ms Daley advised she would explore options for combining the Pay Policy Statement with gender pay information.
RESOLVED:
That the Committee:
1. Notes the draft pay policy statement at Appendix 1 of the report;
2. Delegates authority to make minor changes to the Statement prior to its submission to full Council to the Chief Executive, after consultation with the Divisional Director (HR and Transformation), the Chair of the GP Committee and the Monitoring Officer;
3. Agree that if any minor changes to the 2018/19 pay policy statement are required as a result of future government guidance or an updated Local Government Transparency Code, these amendments be delegated to the Chief Executive, after consultation with the Divisional Director (HR and Transformation), the Chair of the GP Committee and the Monitoring Officer. Should any fundamental changes be required, then the pay policy statement will be sent back to the GP Committee for consideration.