The Minutes of the meeting held on 13 July 2023 were confirmed as a correct record and signed by the Chair.

The Minutes of Personnel Appointment Committees held on 17 November 2022, 26 January, 23 July and 25 July 2023 were confirmed as a correct record and signed by the Chair.

The Chief Executive submitted the proceedings of the Local Joint Forum meeting held on 10 October 2023.

The Committee considered a report that presented the Council’s Gender and Ethnicity Pay Gap Reports for 2023 and the Workforce Profile Report for 2022/23.  A copy of the Gender Pay Gap Report 2023 was attached to the report at Appendix 1, a copy of the Ethnicity Pay Gap Report was  ...  view the full minutes text for item 8.

The Committee considered a report that presented the draft Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Plan.  A copy of the draft Strategy and Plan was attached to the report at Appendix A, a comparison of the current workforce against the most recent census (2021), including information about ‘prefer not to say’/’do  ...  view the full minutes text for item 9.

The Committee considered a report presenting the outcomes of the latest staff survey that had been carried out in June and July 2023 and the actions proposed.  A table setting out the headlines from the 2023 staff survey was attached to the report at Appendix 1.

The report explained that  ...  view the full minutes text for item 10.

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:

The report explained that the Breast  ...  view the full minutes text for item 11.

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 item, as it was likely that there would be disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraphs 1 and 2 of Part 1  ...  view the full minutes text for item 12.

The Committee received a report that provided a monitoring statement of all termination costs that had been incurred due to employees leaving the Council on redundancy grounds between 1 October 2022 and 31 October 2023.  It also included a summary of Special Severance Payments that had been made within the  ...  view the full minutes text for item 13.