Meeting documents

M I N U T E S

A G E N D A

 

1. APOLOGIES AND SUBSTITUTIONS

 

2. DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

 

to give notice of any interests committee members may have on the items for consideration at the meeting.

3. MINUTES OF THE MEETING OFTHE HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE HELD ON 24 FEBRUARY 2011

- to be confirmed as a correct record and signed by the Chair.

4. PUBLIC FORUM

Time Limit for this item - 30 minutes

 

Any member of the public or councillor, provided they have given notice in writing or by electronic mail (democratic.services@bristol.gov.uk) may participate in public forum. The detailed arrangements for so doing are described in the public information sheetat the back of this agenda.

Please note that the following deadlines will apply in relation to this meeting:

 

Questions :

 

Written questions must be received 3 clear working days prior to the meeting. For this meeting, this means that your submission must be received at the latest by 5.00pm on Friday 18th March 2011.

 

Petitions and statements :

 

Petitions and statements must be received by noon on the working day prior to the meeting. For this meeting, this means that your submission must be received at the latest by 12.00pm on Wednesday 23rd March 2011.

 

Notification of your public forum business should be addressed to the Head of Legal Services, c/o Democratic Services Section, Room 220, the Council House, College Green, Bristol BS1 5TR and marked for the attention of Samantha Mahony or by electronic mail to (democratic.services@bristol.gov.uk)

5. MANAGEMENT RESTRUCTURE IN CHILDREN, ADULTS AND FAMILIES SERVICES

 

- to endorse combining Children and Young Peoples Services (CYPS) with Health and Social Care (HSC) to form a new Children, Adults & Families Directorate, and approve the proposed structure, approve the Methods of Appointment and salary grading for the new management structure and note the longer term objective to move to a much smaller Strategic Leadership Team.

 

(Report of the Chief Executive and Director - HR)

6. CHILD PROTECTION SOCIAL WORKERS PAY : RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION

 

- to approve the implementation of an allowance of £500 p.a to be paid to designated Social Workers within C&YPS, in recognition of their childcare responsibility effective from 1st April 2011 as an interim amendment to the Council's Pay Policy.

 

(Report of Service Director: Strategic HR & Workforce Strategy)

 

7. REVISIONS TO THE COLLECTIVE DISPUTES PROCEDURE

 

- to approve the revised Collective Disputes Procedure and determine whether or not formal dispute “Hearings” should be conducted by the HR Committee or by a panel of two “chief officers”.

(Report of Service Director: Strategic HR & Workforce Strategy)

8. VOLUNTARY SEVERANCE SCHEME : PROGRESS REPORT

 

- to update Members regarding the impact and effectiveness of the Voluntary Severance Scheme (VSS) following its introduction on 1stOctober 2010.

(Reports of Chief Executive and Director: HR)

 

9. LOCAL GOVERNMENT PAY 2011

 

- to note that there would be no local government pay offer for 2011-12

 

(Report of Strategic Director: Corporate Services)

10. SICKNESS ABSENCE (PROGRESS REPORT)

 

- to note the sickness absence rates at 31 December 2010

 

(Report of Strategic Director: Corporate Services)

11. EXCLUSION OF PRESS AND PUBLIC

 

Recommended - that under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting for the consideration of the following items, on the ground that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Part I of Schedule 12A to the Act (as amended).

 

12. EARLY RETIREMENT ON THE GROUNDS OF REDUNDANCY

 

(Report of Strategic Director: Corporate Services)

 

13. EARLY RETIREMENT ON THE GROUNDS OF REDUNDANCY

(Report of Strategic Directors of Corporate Services & City Development)

14. URGENT BUSINESS

 

Any item of business which the Chair is of the opinion should be considered at the meeting as a matter of urgency by reason of special circumstances (to be specified) under Section 100B(4)(b) of the Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985.

15. DATE OF NEXT MEETING

 

The next meeting is scheduled for 2nd June 2011.