Agenda and minutes

Councillor Rita Amos was elected as Chairman and Councillor Alice Collinson was elected as Vice Chairman.

Members will disclose any pecuniary and any other significant interests they may have in relation to the matters to be considered at this meeting.

The head of business support declared a personal but not significant interest in item 5e of the agenda in her role as Monitoring Officer as it was one of the “Protected Officer” posts.

To confirm as a correct record, the minutes of the meeting of the Employment and Appeals Committee held on 25 February 2019.

The minutes of the previous meeting held on 25 February 2019 were agreed as an accurate record by those who attended.

Report of the Head of Business Support.

The head of business support submitted a report presenting five of the council’s existing human resources policies that had been reviewed and updated.

Members of the committee asked appropriate questions related to the content of the policies and the head of business support provided detailed and comprehensive responses.

Decision taken

The committee approved the following reviewed human resources policies:

·         Retirement Policy and Procedure

·         Flexible Retirement Policy

·         Social Media Policy

·         Employee Code of Conduct

·         Disciplinary Policy and Procedure "Protected Officers"