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STAFF GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE
PURPOSE OF COMMITTEE
To act as a consultative forum
for discussion between management, elected members and trade
unions, on matters relating to staff in the pursuit of a workplace
culture that reflects the requirements of a 21st Century
public sector organisation.
Through partnership working the
committee will support the Council becoming an employer of choice
by promoting positive values, behaviours, training and recruitment
and ways of working.
The Committee also acts as
safety committee within s2(7) of the Health and Safety at Work etc
Act 1974 and keeps under review measures taken to ensure the health
and safety at work of employees. The committee provides a channel
of communication, co-operation and involvement between the Council
and trade union representatives on all relevant health and safety
matters.
REMIT
OF COMMITTEE
1.
PARTNERSHIP APPROACH ARRANGEMENTS
The Committee will:
1.1
seek to maintain good relationships and model a
partnership approach between the Council and trade
unions;
1.2
provide a decision making forum, for the resolution
of staffing matters that cannot be resolved through normal
processes; and
1.3
consider reports by the Chief Officer - People and
Citizen Services on matters following a request by a trade union
advisor provided always that the Chief Officer - People and Citizen
Services is satisfied that the matter is appropriate and relevant
to the remit of the Committee and that it raises no question of
individual employee issues.
2.
STRATEGIC WORKFORCE PLANS AND
POLICIES
The Committee will:
2.1
approve the Framework Agreement for Industrial
Relations (the FAIR agreement);
2.2
approve strategic workforce plans which reflect the
requirements of a 21st Century Council in terms of
staff, skills and attributes;
2.3
approve framework documentation in relation to
workforce culture;
2.4
approve strategic training and development plans for
the whole organisation;
2.5
approve all staff policies, these being policies
which govern or impact the employment relationship, including
policies relating to disciplinary and grievance, staff welfare and
employee rights, and work planning and practices, and policies
which set out expected standards of attendance, behaviour and
performance;
2.6
monitor equality in employment and ensure that the
Council, as an employer, complies with its statutory equal pay and
other equality responsibilities; and
2.7
receive people performance data to enable the
monitoring of the wellbeing of our staff including but not limited
to absence data.
3.
HEALTH, SAFETY & WELLBEING OF
STAFF
The Committee will:
3.1
approve health, safety and wellbeing
policies
3.2
monitor performance and compliance across all
functions of the Council in respect of:
i.
Health and safety legislation
ii.
Health, safety and wellbeing policies
iii.
Health and safety recommendations, including those
from external inspection bodies
4.
EMPLOYMENT APPEALS AND DISPUTES
The Committee will:
4.1
approve the procedure for the Appeals
Sub-Committee.
MEMBERSHIP
Elected members
Local trades union
representatives as advisers - two named advisers from each of the
following trades unions:
·
Unison
·
Unite
·
GMB
·
Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS)
·
Scottish Secondary Teachers’ Association
(SSTA); and
·
VOICE
EXECUTIVE LEAD: CHIEF OFFICER - PEOPLE AND CITIZEN
SERVICES
