The Minutes of the meeting held on 7 November 2019 were confirmed as a correct record subject to it being noted that the proceedings of the Local Joint Forum meeting held on 16 October 2019 had not been considered and consequently Miriam Palfrey and Alison McNamara were present at the  ...  view the full minutes text for item 1.

The Chief Executive submitted the proceedings of the Local Joint Forum meeting held on 16 October 2019.

The Assistant Director of HR and Organisational Development submitted a report, presenting the Committee with thirteen Employment Policies which had been reviewed jointly and agreed with the Joint Trade Unions.  The review of the Council’s employment policy framework aimed to ensure that all employment policies were clear, easy to understand,  ...  view the full minutes text for item 3.

The Assistant Director of HR and Organisational Development submitted a report, presenting the Committee with an Equality Audit for 2019/20, which provided a summary or equalities monitoring data for the Council’s current workforce and job applicants, and monitored trends over time.  The report also provided the Committee with an update  ...  view the full minutes text for item 4.

At this point, the following motion will be moved by the Chair:

“That, pursuant to Section 100A of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended) members of the press and public be excluded during consideration of the following items on the agenda, as it is likely that there would be disclosure of exempt information as defined in the relevant Paragraphs of Part 1 of Schedule 12A (as amended) of that Act”

Resolved-

That pursuant to Section 100A of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended) members of the press and public be excluded during consideration of the following items, as it was likely that there would be disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraphs 1 and 2 of Part  ...  view the full minutes text for item 5.

The Assistant Director of HR and Organisational Development submitted a report, which provided a monitoring statement of all termination costs that had been incurred due to employees leaving the Council on either early retirement or redundancy grounds between 1 October 2019 and 30 September 2020.  There had been no early  ...  view the full minutes text for item 6.

The Assistant Director of HR and Organisational Development and the Executive Director of Resources submitted a joint report, which set out a request for flexible retirement of A and B and the payment of pension benefits through the Local Government Pension Scheme.  The proposal, together with the financial implications, was  ...  view the full minutes text for item 7.