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 Councillors Elizabeth Dennis-Harburg and Raj Bhakar.

To take as read and approve as a true record the minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on the 14 December 2022.

RESOLVED:That the Minutes of the Meeting of the Committee held on 14 December 2022 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 audio 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.

To receive the Minutes of the Staff Consultation Forum meetings from December 2022, January 2023 and February 2023.

RESOLVED: The Committee noted the minutes of the Staff Consultation Forum for December 2022, January 2023 and February 2023.

INFORMATION 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.

RESOLVED:

(1)  The Committee noted the HR Update Information Note.

(2)  That the Committee agreed to stop reporting specifically on Covid absences in future Information Notes, but requested Officers monitor these figures and report back to the Committee should they increase.

To receive a discussion paper on Council Values.

RESOLVED: The Committee noted the Strategic Discussion Paper on Council Values.

To receive a discussion paper on Mandatory Pay Gap Reporting.

RESOLVED: The Committee noted the Strategic Discussion Paper on Mandatory Pay Gap Reporting.

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

RESOLVED:

(1)  That the topics “Diversity and changing workplaces accommodation and practices” and “Attracting and Rewarding Scarce Talent” be discussed at the next meeting of the Joint Staff Consultative Committee.

(2)  That the topics “Employment Tribunals“ and “Employment Law” be discussed at a future meeting of the Joint Staff Consultative Committee.