Agenda and decisions

Members are required to notify any substitutions by midday on the day of the meeting.

Late substitutions will not be accepted and Members attending as a substitute without having given the due notice will not be able to take part in the meeting.

Apologies for absence were received from Councillor Ian Albert.

To take as read and approve as a true record the minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on the 15 October 2025.

RESOLVED: That the Minutes of the meeting held on 15 October 2025 be approved as a true record of the proceedings and be signed by the Chair.

Members are reminded that any declarations of interest in respect of any business set out in the agenda, should be declared as either a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest or Declarable Interest and are required to notify the Chair of the nature of any interest declared at the commencement of the relevant item on the agenda.  Members declaring a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest must withdraw from the meeting for the duration of the item. Members declaring a Declarable Interest, wishing to exercise a ‘Councillor Speaking Right’, must declare this at the same time as the interest, move to the public area before speaking to the item and then must leave the room before the debate and vote.

(1)         The Chair advised that, in accordance with Council Policy, the meeting would be recorded.

(2)         The Chair drew attention to the item on the agenda front pages regarding Declarations of Interest and reminded Members that, in line with the Code of Conduct, any Declarations of Interest needed to be declared immediately prior to the item in question

(3)         The Chair informed Members that the discussion paper on the ‘Implications of the UK Supreme Court Judgement on Single Sex Spaces on the Workplace’ would be discussed at a future meeting as the Code of Practice relating to this had not yet been approved.

To receive the Minutes of the Staff Consultation Forums from October, November and December 2025.

RESOLVED: That the Committee noted the Minutes of the Staff Consultation Forums for October, November and December 2025.

INFORMATION NOTE OF THE HUMAN RESOURCES SERVICES MANAGER

To update the Joint Staff Consultative Committee on the progress made in the last quarter completing HR work and projects and supporting people issues.

The Human Resources Services Manager presented the Information Note entitled ‘HR Update’, following which Members asked questions.

To receive a discussion paper on Managing Change.

RESOLVED: That the Committee commented on and noted the Discussion Paper on Managing Change.

To consider topics for discussion at a future meeting of the Committee.

Members agreed two discussion topics on ‘Employee Retention and Recruitment in Times of Uncertainty’ and ‘Implications of the UK Supreme Court Judgement on Single Sex Spaces on the Workplace’.  

It was also agreed that an update on the ‘Local Government Association Corporate Peer Review Follow Up’ would be provided at the next meeting of the Committee.