The Minutes of the meeting held on 21 November 2024 were confirmed as a correct record and signed by the Chair.

The Committee considered a report that presented the Council’s Gender, Ethnicity and Disability Pay Gap Reports for 2024, all of which were appended to the report along with the Workforce Profile 2023-24.

The report stated that the mean gender pay gap was 1.57% and the median was 0%, compared to  ...  view the full minutes text for item 21.

The Committee considered a report that provided a summary of the progress to date and outlined agreed actions for delivery of the Inclusion and Diversity Strategy in year 2 (2025). A table setting out the year one actions status was attached to the report at Appendix 1 and the year  ...  view the full minutes text for item 22.

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

The report explained that the Fostering Friendly Policy had originally  ...  view the full minutes text for item 23.

Further to Minute 17 of the previous meeting, the Committee considered a report that provided an update on the actions that had been taken to address the issues that had been identified in the 2024 Staff Survey and shared the headline results from the Brighter Futures for Children (BFfC) Staff  ...  view the full minutes text for item 24.