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The Committee resolved:-

(i)        to note the content of the report;

(ii)       in respect of the discussion around absence, particularly in Operations, to request that officers investigate whether the data included on the average days absent per employee could be broken down further and ideally by cluster in future reports, in order to be able to identify particular areas where there might be greater levels of absence;

(iii)      to instruct the Director of Resources to request evidence from Functions on the actions taken to support individuals and address trends (usage and root causes) as detailed in the report; and

(iv)      to agree that future reports on sickness absence, the occupational health service and the employee assistance scheme be amalgamated into one committee report, to include comparator data and to be presented on a six-monthly basis.

With reference to article 9 of the minute of its meeting of 3 September 2018, the Committee had before it a report by the Director of Resources which provided an update on the utilisation of the Employee Assistance Service provided by Time for Talking during the three-month period from July to September 2018.

The report recommended:-

that Committee –

(a)      note the content of the report; and

(b)      instruct the Director of Resources to request evidence from Functions on the actions taken to support individuals and address trends (usage and root causes) as detailed in the report.

At this juncture, the Convener proposed that future reports on sickness absence, the occupational health service and the Employee Assistance Service be amalgamated into a single committee report to be reported on a six-monthly basis to include comparator data with previous performance.  Members agreed with this proposal.

The Committee resolved:-

(i)        in respect of the discussion around absence, particularly in Operations, to request that officers investigate whether the data included on the average days absent per employee could be broken down further and ideally by cluster in future reports, in order to be able to identify particular areas where there might be greater levels of absence;

(ii)       to agree that future reports on sickness absence, the occupational health service and the employee assistance scheme be amalgamated into one committee report, to include comparator data and to be presented on a six-monthly basis; and

(iii)      to approve the recommendations.