(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.