Issue - meetings
Annual Pay Policy Statement
Meeting: 14/02/2017 - Executive (Item 24)
24 Annual Pay Policy Statement 
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To consider the report of the Corporate Manager Legal Service/Transactional Services Manager .
Corporate Services Scrutiny Committee considered the report at its meeting on 26 January 2017 and its comments will be reported.
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Decision:
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Agreed
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That it is recommended to Council that:-
(1) the attached Policy and Appendix be adopted and published in accordance with the legislation; and
(2) delegated authority be given to the Corporate Manager - Legal and HR to make necessary amendments to the pay policy statement following any changes in legislation or subsequent increases in pay.
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Reason for Decision:
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Section 38 (1) of the Localism Act 2011 requires English and Welsh Authorities to produce a statutory Pay Policy Statement each financial year commencing in 2012/13 and thereafter each subsequent financial year. The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government issued further guidance in early 2013. |
Minutes:
The report of the Corporate Manager Legal & HR Services was submitted setting out the council’s annual Pay Policy Statement 2017/18 which must be approved by Full Council each financial year in line with legislation.
The Corporate Manager Legal & HR Services drew Members attention to the information set out in the report and referred them to the levels and elements of remuneration for various posts and full time salaries from April 2017.
Corporate Services Scrutiny Committee considered the report at its meeting on 26 January 2017 and its comments were reported.
RECOMMENDED to Council that:-
(1) the attached Policy and Appendix be adopted and published in accordance with the legislation; and
(2) delegated authority be given to the Corporate Manager - Legal & HR to make necessary amendments to the pay policy statement following any changes in legislation or subsequent increases in pay.
Meeting: 26/01/2017 - Corporate Services Scrutiny Committee (Item 5)
5 Annual Pay Policy Statement PDF 201 KB
To consider the report of the Corporate Manger Legal Services/Transactional Services Manager.
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Minutes:
The Corporate Manager Legal and HR presented the report on Annual Pay Policy Statement 2017/18, which outlined the annual pay policy for approval by full council each financial year in line with legislation.
The Corporate Manager Legal and HR discussed the recommendations of the Annual Pay Policy Statement and referred Members to Appendix 1 to discuss the levels and elements of remuneration for various posts and full time salaries from April 2017.
In response to Members’ questions, the Corporate Manager Legal and HR and the Deputy Chief Executive informed:
· the council had looked at alternative schemes, after the national pay bargain was negotiated. However these had significant cost implications to the council’s overall budget which if implemented could cost up to half a million pounds;
· there are some specialist posts which the Council has found difficult to fill, which reflected a national trend. HR has been working hard to improve its recruitment process to include the use of social media to target a larger and more focused market.
Corporate Services Scrutiny Committee noted the report and requested Executive and Council to note, and approve:-
(1) The adopted of the attached Policy and Appendix to be published in accordance with the legislation;
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(2) Delegated authority to be given to the Corporate Manager - Legal and HR to make necessary amendments to the pay policy statement following any changes in legislation or subsequent increases in pay.