Issue - meetings

Council considered a report presented by Councillor Clive Moesby, Portfolio Holder for Resources relating to updates on the Council’s Pay Agreement which had not been updated for many years. Feedback had been received from staff and management highlighting that the document was out of date and a request received to review the enhanced overtime limits. 

Consultation had taken place with Union Employee Consultation Committee with changes proposed to:

·       The lifting of the grade limit on enhanced overtime from the top of grade 6 to the top of grade 7 to provide greater equity and flexibility for employees to one grade higher. 

·       Updates to the terminology, post titles and removal of time specific rates which would reduce the need for constant revisions.

Councillor David Bennett queried why on page 7 a paragraph stating that  allowances would not continue to be paid referenced page 27 in a 21 page document. It was confirmed that this was an oversight and the document had been reduced and adjusted and that paragraph should have been removed. It was also confirmed that Council already had a pay protection policy which lasted for 12 months for affected employees.

Moved by Councillor John Ritchie and seconded by Councillor Rob Hiney-Saunders RESOLVED that approval be given for the revised pay agreement,

          including the changes to the overtime grade limit, updated terminology

          and post titles, and removal of time-specific clauses.