Decision details

The Committee resolved:-

(i)        to note the suggestion from the Trade Union Advisers that the action plan be taken forward as a joint employer / Trade Union initiative;

(ii)       to note the relevant data contained in the report in relation to employee mental health trends;

(iii)      to authorise the Chief Officer – Organisational Development to proceed to implement the attached areas for action shown at Appendix 1 of the report, designed to address and improve employee mental health;

(iv)      to note that officers would continue to review the data used for reporting to ensure that a holistic approach was taken, noting that psychological illness could also be having an effect on absences for physical illness; and

(v)       to note that progress on the implementation of the actions would be reported to Committee in approximately a year’s time.