Issue - meetings

To consider the report of the City Solicitor & Head of HR.

The City Solicitor and Head of Human Resources presented the report on the annual Pay Policy Statement 2019/20, which outlined the annual pay policy for approval by Full Council each financial year in line with legislation. Local Authorities were required by Section 38(1) of the Localism Act 2011 to set out a written statement each financial year relating to:-

·  the remuneration of chief officers;

·  the remuneration of its lowest paid employees; and

·  the relationship between the remuneration of its chief officers and the remuneration of its employees who are not chief officers

The City Solicitor and Head of HR referred Members to the appendix, attached to her report which set out the levels of remuneration for various posts from April 2019.   She confirmed that the required report on gender pay gap would be presented to the next meeting of Corporate Services Scrutiny Committee in March. She also responded to a Member's enquiry regarding any union representations on pay policy to the City Council's Joint National Consultative Committee meetings, and confirmed that, whilst there had been no representationsat the local level, the average pay increase negotiations and pay deal were negotiated nationally and the unions were involved in that way.

Corporate Services Scrutiny Committee noted the report and recommended Executive and Council to note, and approve:-

(1)     the adoption and publication of the circulated Policy, Report and Appendices in accordance with the legislation; and

(2)     delegated authority be given to the City Solicitor and Head of Human Resources to make necessary amendments to the pay policy statement following any changes in legislation or subsequent increases in pay.