The Minutes of the meeting held on 17 March 2021 were confirmed as a correct record and signed by the Chair.

Further to Minute 11 of the meeting held on 17 March 2021, the Assistant Director of HR and Organisational Development submitted a report, presenting the Committee with five Employment Policies which had been reviewed jointly and agreed with the Joint Trade Unions.  The following documents were attached to the report:  ...  view the full minutes text for item 2.

The Assistant Director of HR and Organisational Development submitted a report presenting the Committee with the results of the staff survey, which was attached to the report at Appendix 1.  The report explained that there had been many positive results and improvements compared to the previous survey in 2019.  However,  ...  view the full minutes text for item 3.

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 item 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 4.

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 2020 and 31 March 2021.  There had been no early  ...  view the full minutes text for item 5.

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 the payment of pension benefits through the Local Government Pension Scheme.  The proposal, together with the financial implications, was set out  ...  view the full minutes text for item 6.