Agenda and decisions

That the Council’s Pay Policy Statement for 2026/27 be approved for submission to the full County Council at its meeting on 18 February 2026.

(a)      That the update on workforce information and performance measures for Quarter 2 2025/26, including details relating to headcount, Full Time Equivalent (FTE), absence rates and reason, and reported completion of Annual Performance Reviews (APR), be noted.

(b)      That the Director of Corporate Resources be requested to provide the Employment Committee with information relating to the annual cost of agency workers following the meeting.

(c)       That the Director of Corporate Resources be requested to provide the Employment Committee with a report relating to Occupational Health, at a future meeting.

(d)      That the Director of Corporate Resources be requested to present a detailed analysis of attendance management activity in the Adults and Communities department, at the meeting on 5 February 2026.

(e)      That the Director of Corporate Resources be requested to provide the Employment Committee with information relating to disciplinary action, at a future meeting.

(f)        That the Director of Corporate Resources be requested to provide context alongside percentages when reporting data within future reports presented to the Committee.

That the update of the current Action Plans which contain provision for compulsory redundancy and details of progress on their implementation, be noted.

Meetings of the Committee in 2026 are scheduled to take place at 10:00 on the following dates:

5 February 2026

21 May 2026

10 September 2026

10 December 2026

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:

-             Working Arrangements Policy – Consultation Feedback and Implementation.

That under Section 100A of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded for the remaining item of business on the grounds that it involved the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraphs 4, 5 and 10 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act and that, in all circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighed the public interest in disclosing the information.

That Option D, as outlined within paragraph 51 of the report, be supported, subject to the consideration of external legal advice which is to be presented at the next meeting of the Employment Committee.