Issue - meetings

(i)           to approve the Appeals Sub Committee procedure appended to this Report as Appendix 1, subject to the addition of wording to explain the appellant’s statutory right to be accompanied;

(ii)          to agree that all appeals to the Appeals Sub Committee intimated after 4 May 2018 would be processed in accordance with this Appeals Sub Committee procedure; and

(iii)         to instruct the interim Chief Officer – People and Organisation to notify management and the Trade Unions of the procedure.

The Committee had before it a report by the Chief Officer - Governance which sought approval of a procedure for the operation of the Appeals Sub Committee in respect of appeals by staff against dismissal or final written warning where the right of appeal exists and to determine disputes notified by Trade Unions in accordance with the Council’s disputes resolution procedures.

The report recommended:-

that the Committee –

(a)       approves the Appeals Sub Committee procedure appended to this report as Appendix 1;

(b)       agree that all appeals to the Appeals Sub Committee intimated after 4 May 2018 would be processed in accordance with this Appeals Sub Committee procedure; and

(c)        instruct the interim Chief Officer – People and Organisation to notify

management and the Trade Unions of the procedure.

The Committee resolved:-

(i)           to approve the Appeals Sub Committee procedure appended to this Report as Appendix 1, subject to the addition of wording to explain the appellant’s statutory right to be accompanied;

(ii)          to approve recommendations (b) and (c).

-       COUNCILLOR ALLAN, Convener