Issue - meetings

The Assistant Director of Workforce introduced a report, which had been circulated prior to the meeting, to ask committee to close the consultation process on the proposed various changes to policies which are being made to improve their application in how they work in practice and to close gaps on any weak areas to assist the Council to remain compliant and effective in handling people issues.

RESOLVED That:

The Joint Consultative and Safety Committee considered the changes below and provided comments for the Appointments and Conditions of Service.

The policies changes are:

1)    DBS Policy - changes made at Section 8 of the policy and to the ‘Managing an Adverse Disclosure form’ at Appendix 1.

2)    Company References – revised approach for completion

3)    Personal Relationships – new policy for consideration

4)    Equality Policy – amended to include points from the Equality Action for a ‘Zero Tolerance Policy on discrimination, mandatory reporting of suspected discrimination and mandatory completion of EDI training.