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(i)       to note the report and agree that the report indicates Sickness Absence at Environmental, Roads and Waste to be well above average and of concern to officers; and

(ii)       in light of the high sickness absence within these services, agree to instruct the Chief Officers – Operations and People and Citizen Services to bring back a report to the June Staff Governance Committee on why sickness absence is so high within those services and what the Council is doing to reduce such absence; and for future updates to be incorporated into the relevant sickness absence report to Staff Governance Committee.  

The Committee had before it a report by the Executive Director – Corporate Services which presented the status of appropriate key performance measures relating to the services falling within its remit.

The report recommended:-

that the Committee note the report and provide comments and observations on the performance information contained in the report Appendix A.

The Committee resolved:-

(i)       to note the report and agree that the report indicated Sickness Absence at Environmental, Roads and Waste to be well above average and of concern to officers; and

(ii)       in light of the high sickness absence within these services, agree to instruct the Chief Officers – Operations and People and Citizen Services to bring back a report to the June Staff Governance Committee on why sickness absence was so high within those services and what the Council was doing to reduce such absence; and for future updates to be incorporated into the relevant sickness absence report to Staff Governance Committee.