Issue - meetings

The Committee resolved:-

(i)         to approve the revised Managing Grievances Policy, attached as Appendix 1 to this report;

(ii)        to agree an implementation date of 1 February 2022 for the revised policy noting that the required training and communication would be undertaken on this policy and on the Managing Discipline and Dignity and Respect at Work policies;

(iii)       to note that Trade Unions would be involved in the training opportunities;

(iv)       to note the appended procedure/guidance document which supported the application of the policy; and

(v)        to note that a generic investigations procedure had been developed to cover all three policies mentioned above.

The Committee had before it a report by the Director of Resources which sought approval for the revised Managing Grievances Policy.  The report advised that the review of the Managing Grievances Policy was part of a wider review of policies that sat at the heart of employee relations processes within the Council,

namely Managing Discipline, Managing Grievances and Managing Bullying and

Harassment at Work.

The report recommended:-

that Committee –

(a)      approve the revised Managing Grievances Policy, attached as Appendix 1 to the report;

(b)      agree that implementation of the revised policy be delayed until such time as the required training and communication has been undertaken on the policy and on the Managing Discipline and Dignity and Respect at Work policies;

(c)      note the appended procedure/guidance document which supported the

application of the policy; and

(d)      note that a generic investigations procedure had been developed to cover all three policies mentioned above (which was appended to the committee report on the Dignity and Respect at Work policy).

The Committee resolved:-

(i)       to note that Trade Unions would be involved in the training opportunities;

(ii)       to agree an implementation date of 1 February 2022 for the revised policy noting that the required training and communication would be undertaken on this policy and on the Managing Discipline and Dignity and Respect at Work policies; and

(iii)      to otherwise approve the recommendations.