EMPLOYMENT COMMITTEE
28 JANUARY 2019
ITEM 27 – PAY POLICY STATEMENT 2019
Mrs Bal Sandher, the Head of HR Shared Services presented a report on the Pay Policy Statement for the Committee to consider and recommend to Council.
In response to comments from Members, Mrs Sandher undertook to:-
·
Amend
the last sentence on Page 2 of the Statement to “In 2013 the council moved the
lowest pay band in line with the National Living Wage giving a significant
increase to the low paid, the council has continued to pay the National Living
Wage since this point”.
·
Review
the option of less costly pension arrangements for the Council and to report
the options back to the Employment Committee.
In response to comments from Members, Mrs Sandher responded that:-
·
In
areas where recruitment difficulties had been experienced such as in Planning,
market supplements had been introduced.
· The Council compared pay rates against the epay check produced by South East Employers.
RESOLVED: That
1)
Subject
to the amendment set out above, the Committee Recommend to Council that
the proposed Pay Policy Statement, as set out in Appendix 1 to the report be
approved prior to publication on the Council’s web site.
2)
The
Head of HR Services be requested to review the current pension arrangements and
report the options back to the Employment Committee.
Voting: Unanimous