To consider the report of the General Purposes Committee setting out the Pay Policy for 2020/21.

The Council considered a report of the General Purposes Committee on the Pay Policy Statement 2020-21.

DECISION:

1.         That the Pay Policy Statement 2020/21 be agreed.

2.         Agree that the proposed changes to the Pay Policy 2020/21 that would be needed to reflect the implementation a revised grading structure are agreed and can be made as set out in this report.

3.         Delegate to the Chief Executive, in consultation with the Divisional Director HR and Organisational Development, Chair of the GP Committee and Monitoring Officer, any minor changes to the 2020/21 pay policy statement.

(Action by:  Neville Murton, Corporate Director, Resources)

The Council considered a report of the General Purposes Committee on the Pay Policy Statement 2020-21.

RESOLVED:

1.         That the Pay Policy Statement 2020/21 be agreed.

2.         Agree that the proposed changes to the Pay Policy 2020/21 that would be needed to reflect the implementation a revised grading structure are agreed and can be made as set out in this report.

3.         Delegate to the Chief Executive, in consultation with the Divisional Director HR and Organisational Development, Chair of the GP Committee and Monitoring Officer, any minor changes to the 2020/21 pay policy statement.

Pat Chen, Head of HR, introduced the report on the draft Pay Policy statement 2020/21. She explained that the pay policy statement set out the Council’s current policies and practice in relation to pay for all parts of the Council’s directly employed workforce. It was noted that under the Localism Act 2011, Full Council was required to adopt a pay policy statement each financial year.

Ms Chen explained that this was a draft statement and the key changes to the statement were the changes to the titles of the pay grades subject to the implementation of a revised grading structure in April 2020.

Concerns were raised about the number of consultants and temporary staff that were employed to cover vacant posts and the daily rate they were paid at. Members were assured that the HR team were working on robust recruit processes to ensure that posts were recruited to permanently. 

The Committee discussed the report and agreed that it should proceed to Full Council.

RESOLVED

1.    That the report be noted and it was recommended that the policy be forwarded to Full Council on 11 March 2020 for adoption.

2.    That the proposed changes to the Pay Policy 2020/21 that would be needed to reflect the implementation of the revised grading structure be agreed.

3.    The Chief Executive, in consultation with the Divisional Director HR and Organisational Development, Chair of GP Committee and the Corporate Director of Governance and Monitoring Officer be delegated the authority to make any minor changes to the 2020/21 Pay Policy Statement.