Agenda and decisions

Employment Committee - Thursday, 23 May 2024 10.00 am

Venue: Guthlaxton Committee Room, County Hall, Glenfield. View directions

Contact: Damien Buckley (0116 305 0183) Email: damien.buckley@leics.gov.uk

Items
No.	Item
1.	Appointment of Chairman. Decision: That Mr. L. Breckon JP CC be elected Chairman of the Employment Committee for the period ending with the date of the Annual Meeting of the County Council in 2025.
2.	Election of Deputy Chairman. Decision: That Mr. P. Bedford CC be elected Deputy Chairman of the Employment Committee for the period ending with the date of the Annual Meeting of the County Council in 2025.
3.	Minutes of the meeting held on 1 February 2024. PDF 86 KB
4.	Question Time.
5.	Questions asked by members under Standing Order 7(3) and 7(5).
6.	To advise of any other items which the Chairman has decided to take as urgent elsewhere on the agenda.
7.	Declarations of interest in respect of items on the agenda.
9.	Equal Pay Audit. PDF 121 KB Additional documents: Appendix - Equal Pay Audit 2023 , item 9. PDF 460 KB Decision: That the findings of an Equal Pay Audit, which was conducted in April 2024, be noted.
10.	Staff Survey Action Plan. PDF 128 KB Additional documents: Appendix A - Examples of activity to support staff survey actions , item 10. PDF 96 KB Appendix B - Examples of Recruitment Literature that is using Staff Survey 2023 data , item 10. PDF 339 KB Appendix C - Example of a Health and Wellbeing Campaign run in February 2024 , item 10. PDF 386 KB Decision: a) That the update provided on key actions identified from the 2023 staff survey, be noted. b) That the approach being taken to address the findings of the survey, be supported.
11.	Update on the People Strategy. PDF 119 KB Additional documents: Appendix - People Strategy 2024-2028 , item 11. PDF 4 MB Decision: That the draft People Strategy 2024 – 2028, be approved.
12.	Performance and Productivity. PDF 129 KB Additional documents: Appendix - Performance Management Framework , item 12. PDF 338 KB Decision: That the overview of how performance and productivity is managed within the context of the employment relationship across the Council, be noted.
13.	Organisational Change Policy and Procedure: Action Plans. PDF 140 KB Additional documents: Appendix A - Action Plans Completed for Emp Comm 23 May 2024 , item 13. PDF 42 KB Appendix B - Action Plans Underway for Emp Comm 23 May 2024 , item 13. PDF 45 KB Decision: That the update of the current Action Plans which contain provision for compulsory redundancy and details of progress on their implementation, be noted.
14.	Attendance Management. PDF 267 KB Decision: That the Council’s overall position on sickness absence, as at the end of March 2024 (quarter 4, 2023/24), be noted.
16.	Date of Next Meeting. The next meeting of the Committee is scheduled to be held on Thursday, 26 September 2024, at 10.00 am. Meetings of the Committee in 2025 are scheduled to be held at 10:00am on the following dates: · 6 February 2025 · 22 May 2025 · 18 September 2025 · 4 December 2025
17.	Exclusion of the Press and Public. The press and public are likely to be excluded during the following item of business in accordance with Section 100(A) of the Local Government Act 1972: · Attendance Management – Focus on Environment and Transport.
18.	Attendance Management - Focus on Environment and Transport. (Exempt under Paragraphs 3 and 10). Decision: That the overall sickness position for the Environment and Transport Department, as at the end of March 2024, be noted.