Issue - decisions

(i)       in relation to the query as to whether there would be any update to the lone working policy, to note that officers had undertaken to discuss this with the Corporate Health and Safety Lead outwith the meeting and circulate information to Members and Trade Union Advisers;

(ii)       to note the extensive engagement which had taken place across a range of stakeholder groups as part of the development of the policy and the refresh to the guidance;

(iii)      to approve the introduction of the Flexible Working Policy attached as Appendix 1 to the report; and

(iv)      to note the accompanying guidance document (Appendix 2) which supported the application of the policy and superseded the existing Smarter Working – Flexible Working in Aberdeen City Council Guidance (Version 4, January 2015).