Issue - meetings

Report of the Chief Executive and the Service Manager, Organisational Development.

The Service Manager Organisational Development introduced a report, which had been circulated prior to the meeting, proposing to close formal consultation on proposals to vary current arrangements relating to pay protection and discretionary payments made for redundancy and “efficiency of the service” dismissals, inviting comments from the Committee.

Members also considered additional documents, which were circulated prior to the meeting, containing consultation responses from UNISON.

The Committee heard from members of the UNISON Committee before making their recommendations.

Councillor Thomas left the meeting at 7:15 pm

RESOLVED to:

1)    Close the formal consultation on the proposal to vary policy; and

2)    Recommend to the Appointments and Conditions of Service Committee that the policies should be amended as set out in the report subject to the following alterations:

a)    For redundancy the statutory payment should be made plus up to 50% of the discretionary amount;

b)    For dismissals for the reason of efficiency of service, the discretionary payment should be capped at up to 50% of the equivalent statutory redundancy payment; and

c)    That pay protection arrangements should apply at 100% for the first year, 50% for the second year and no protection thereafter.