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The Committee resolved:-

(i)       to note that the Chief Officer – People and Organisational Development would endeavour to provide further detail outwith the meeting on the reduction in FTE posts and the type of posts which may have been reduced, while noting this may not be possible due to the fluctuation in the number of posts as a result of, for example, service redesign; and to request that the above information also include figures in respect of the VSER figures for this year;

(iii)      to request that the Chief Officer – People and Organisational Development circulate the Equality and Human Rights Impact Assessment which had been undertaken before the re.cr.uit scheme was introduced, as well as information on the number of employees who might be unable to access the scheme online and a breakdown where possible of whether these members of staff were in a particular service or age group, noting that the People and Organisation team were also supporting these members of staff to access the system; and

(iii)      to note the progress made on each of the three areas covered within the report.

With reference to article 5 of the minute of the meeting of the Urgent Business Committee of 6 May 2020 and article 3 of the minute of the Staff Governance Committee of 1 February 2021, the Committee had before it a report by the Director of Resources which provided an update on workforce capacity developments across the organisation over the last twelve months.

The report covered three specific areas, namely:-

·       An update on the temporary movement of staff scheme developed during the Covid-19 pandemic;

·       An update on recruitment undertaken across the Council between May 2020 and December 2020; and

·       An update on the development and implementation of the new re.cr.uit scheme.

It was noted that a full report in relation to the re.cr.uit scheme would be presented to the September meeting of the Committee.

The report recommended:-

that Committee note the progress made on each of the three areas covered within the report.

The Committee resolved:-

(i)       to note that the Chief Officer – People and Organisational Development would endeavour to provide further detail outwith the meeting on the reduction in FTE posts and the type of posts which may have been reduced, while noting this may not be possible due to the fluctuation in the number of posts as a result of, for example, service redesign; and to request that the above information also include figures in respect of the VSER figures for this year;

(iii)      to request that the Chief Officer – People and Organisational Development circulate the Equality and Human Rights Impact Assessment which had been undertaken before the re.cr.uit scheme was introduced, as well as information on the number of employees who might be unable to access the scheme online and a breakdown where possible of whether these members of staff were in a particular service or age group, noting that the People and Organisation team were also supporting these members of staff to access the system; and

(iii)      to note the report.