Responsible for:
i) All
non-executive functions of the Council with regard to pension
issues.
ii) All non-executive functions of the Council
with regard to determining discretionary payments under local
policies in respect of dismissals due to reason of redundancy or
efficiency of service.
iii) Appeals and disciplinary matters where
approved policies and procedures provide for appeal to or
consideration by a Committee.
Delegation
1. To determine appeals from Chief Officers
against decisions taken under the Council’s Disciplinary
Procedures including the decision to dismiss.
2. To determine appeals from employees
employed under the NJC for Local Authority Services against any
decision to dismiss.
3. Consideration of issues arising from
Pension Act reviews where these involve the exercise of
discretion.
4. To authorise release of pension in all
cases of early retirement, other than ill health retirement,
subject to the Council's policy on early retirement and to
consideration of a fully costed report
in each case.
5. To determine and authorise release of any
discretionary payments allowed by local policy in respect of
dismissals due to reason of redundancy or efficiency of service,
whether or not associated with early retirement, and subject to the
Council’s policy and to consideration of a fully costed report in each case.
6. To consider all issues concerning the Local
Government Pension Scheme and sick pay within the terms of the
approved policy.
7. To consider extensions to the Council's
sick pay scheme in individual cases in accordance with the approved
policy.