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