Agenda and decisions

to note the transparency statements made by Councillor Clark as a member of UNITE and Councillors Bonsell and Thomson as members of UNISON.

to approve the minute as a correct record.

Please note that the reports for 2025 will be allocated to specific meetings for the next Committee now that the meeting dates for 2025 have been agreed by Council

(i)       in relation to item 9 (Supporting Attendance and Wellbeing Policy), to note that officers had advised that work was ongoing in relation to improving the approach to managing absence, and therefore an update report would be provided to Committee in November, with the Policy to be presented to a meeting in 2025 for approval;

(ii)       to agree to remove items 12 (Managing Substance Misuse Policy) and 13 (Corporate Health and Safety Policy) from the November planner, as there were no amendments to be made to either Policy which would require Committee approval; and

(iii)      to otherwise note the planner.

(i)       in relation to the chart on page 39 of the agenda (reported incidents from 2021/22 to 2024/25) to request that in future reports, officers include a breakdown of figures showing comparable performance by quarter in previous years, rather than by year;

(ii)       in relation to section 3.5.5 of the report, and the wording “The choice on recording of every incident should be done following a consultation between the line manager and the affected member of staff”, to note that there could be further discussion between officers and Trade Union representatives on this wording at their regular meeting, however to note the potential compromise suggested at the Committee meeting of “The choice on where to report the incident”; and

(iii)      to otherwise note the report.

to note the performance of internal communications and employee engagement.

(i)       to note the updated data provided regarding the usage and application of the policies; and

(ii)       to note the improvement actions planned to improve progress on timescales for employee relations casework across the organisation within a joint action plan.