Agenda and draft minutes

Personnel Committee - Thursday, 13th July, 2023 6.30 pm

Venue: Committee Room 1, Cvic Offices, Reading

Contact: Richard Woodford - Committee Services  Email: richard.woodford@reading.gov.uk

Items
No. Item

1.

Minutes of Previous Meeting pdf icon PDF 68 KB

Minutes:

The Minutes of the meeting held on 15 March 2023 were confirmed as a correct record and signed by the Chair.

2.

Proceedings of Local Joint Forum pdf icon PDF 103 KB

Minutes:

The Chief Executive submitted the proceedings of the Local Joint Forum meeting held on 15 June 2023.

3.

Review of the Council's Employment Policies pdf icon PDF 157 KB

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Committee considered a report presenting two Employment Policies which had been reviewed jointly and agreed with the Joint Trade Unions.  The following documents were attached to the report:

Appendix A

Domestic Violence Policy

Appendix B

Employment Break Policy

Appendix C

Smoking at Work Policy

Appendix D

Flexible Workstyles Framework  ...  view the full minutes text for item 3.

4.

EDI Strategy and the whole Council Engagement Exercise pdf icon PDF 209 KB

Minutes:

The Committee considered a report which explained how the Council's Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) strategy and plan would be developed. The Council would be using a whole council engagement exercise to inform both the strategy and the plan.  The strategy and plan would be drafted by September 2023 for  ...  view the full minutes text for item 4.