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Personnel Committee
Agenda & meeting papers can be accessed in the PDF pack above once available.
Committee meetings will be held in the Reading Room at Richmond House, Richmond Park, Morton Terrace, Gainsborough. Public and press are welcome to attend.
Committee members:
Councillor Nigel Bowler, Councillor Sean Brennan, Councillor Nicholas Coxon, Councillor Richard Craig, Councillor Dennis Dannatt, Councillor Paul Key, Councillor Stuart Morley, Councillor James Plastow, Councillor Kenneth Woolley
Notice is hereby given that a meeting of the Personnel Committee which will be held on Wednesday 9 October 2024 commencing at 6:30pm in the meeting room, Richmond House, Richmond Park, Morton Terrace, Gainsborough, DN21 2RJ and your attendance at such meeting is hereby requested to transact the following business.
AGENDA
PC25/041 Apologies for Absence
To note apologies for absence.
PC25/042 Declarations of Interest
To receive any declarations of interest in accordance with the requirements of the Localism Act 2011.
PC25/043 Dispensation Requests
To consider any dispensation requests received by the Town Clerk in relation to personal and/or disclosable pecuniary interests, not previously recorded.
PC25/044 Items for Exclusion of Public and Press
To determine which items on the agenda, if any, require the exclusion of public and press under the Public Bodies (Admissions to Meetings) Act 1960 1 (2) and resolve to exclude public and press for these items.
PC25/045 Minutes of the Previous Meeting
To receive the minutes of the previous Personnel Committee meeting and resolve to sign these as a true and accurate record.
Paper A Tuesday 11 September 2024 (pages 4 to 7)
PC25/046 NJC Extra Statutory Days
To consider the allocation of the two NJC extra statutory days over the Christmas period.
Paper B (pages 8 to 9)
PC25/047 Flexible Working Policy
To review and adopt Flexible Working Policy following changes to the Employment Relations (Flexible Working) Act 2023 and Flexible Working (Amendment) Regulations 2023.
Paper C (pages 10 to 16)
PC25/048 Paternity Leave and Pay Policy
To review and adopt the NALC Model Paternity Leave and Pay Policy.
Paper D (pages 17 to 22) current policy
Paper E (pages 23 to 28) NALC model policy
PC25/049 Operations Manager Recruitment Update
To update Members on the Operations Manager recruitment.
Exclusion of Public and Press recommended due to personal nature of discussion.
Paper F (pages 29 to 30)
PC25/050 HR Advisor Contract
To consider quotations received for HR advice provision and appoint a provider for 3 years.
Exclusion of public and press recommended due to time sensitive commercial sensitivity.
Paper G (pages 31 to 33)
PC25/051 2025 / 2026 Budget
To consider budget requirements for 2025/26 for this Committee.
The following specific budgetary areas are considered as part of the Committee’s remit:
i. Employee Costs
To consider the reallocation of the Payroll Services (2070/3), HR Provider (2070/6), Occupational Health (2070/7) and Recruitment (2070/8) budgets to the Personnel Committee from Finance and Strategy Committee.
PC25/052 Items for Notification
To receive any items for notification to be included on a future agenda (for information only)
i. Health and Safety Policy Review
ii. Shared Parental Leave Policy Review
iii. Adoption Leave Policy Review
iv. Parental Bereavement Policy Review
v. Child and Vulnerable Adult Welfare and Safeguarding Policy Review
vi. Volunteer Policy Review
vii. No Smoking Policy Review
viii. Employee Code of Conduct Review
ix. Staff Training Policy Review
x. Staff Appraisal Policy Review
xi. Electronic Information and Communication Systems Policy
xii. HR Management Software
PC25/053 Time and Date of Next Meeting
To note the date and time of the next Personnel Committee meeting is scheduled for Wednesday 13 November 2024 at 6:30pm.
Rachel Allbones
Town Clerk
Richmond House
Gainsborough
Friday, 04 October 2024
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