Issue - meetings

Future discussion topics

To consider the subjects for debate at future meetings of the Committee and review discussion topics previously considered by the Committee.

Decision:

Members considered which subjects should be discussed at future meetings and:

IT WAS AGREED:

(1) That the discussion topic for the next meeting be as follows:

(i) The Employee Assistance Programme

(2) That the discussion topic of the challenges and rewards of home working and the return to office work be considered at the meeting after next;

(3) That an Employment Law Update should be presented in the next civic year;

(4) That regular updates on the work of the Inclusion Group be provided to the Committee.

REASON FOR DECISION: To enable the Committee to choose a discussion topic of interest.

Minutes:

Audio Recording – 1 hour 7 minutes.

Members considered which subjects should be discussed at future meetings and the following points were considered:

· Lockdown restrictions may not have been lifted by June and a paper on the challenges and rewards of home working presented then may be premature;

· Any paper presented for June would have to be researched and written in the months prior;

· The conversation regarding a return to office working would have progressed by June so that meeting could be an opportunity to provide feedback;

· The Employee Assistance Programme was worth considering;

· The challenges and rewards of home working item had been on the list for a long time and when originally proposed was not purely focussed on COVID;