Meeting documents

M I N U T E S

A G E N D A

1. APOLOGIES AND SUBSTITUTIONS

2. ANNUAL BUSINESS

A. Election of Chair 2011/12

- to elect a chair of the Committee for 2011/12

B. Election of Vice Chair 2011/12

- to elect a vice-chair of the Committee for 2011/12

C. Membership of Committee

- to note the details of the current membership are set out at the head of this agenda.

D. Terms of Reference

Members are referred to the attached terms of reference for the Committee which were agreed by the City Council at it's meeting on 17th May 2011.

- to note the Committee's terms of reference

E. Dates and Times of Meetings 2011/12

- to note the meeting dates for 2011/12 as detailed below, all meetings to commence at 2.00pm -

2nd June 2011

7th July 2011

1st September 2011

6th October 2011

10th November 2011

5th January 2012

23rd February 2012

22nd March 2012

3. DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

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

4. MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE HELD ON 24 MARCH 2011

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

5. 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 sheet at 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 Thursday 26th May 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 1st June 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)

6. REVIEW OF EMPLOYEE'S MILEAGE ALLOWANCE RATE

- to review mileage allowances paid to employees following changes to the HM Revenue and Customs approved mileage rates.

(Reports of Strategic Director: Corporate Resources)

7. AGENCY WORKER REGULATIONS: GOVERNMENT GUIDANCE

- to consider whether internal agency workers and other casual workers directly employed by the Council be given the same terms and entitlement as those applying to external agency workers.

(Report of Chief Executive & (Acting) Director HR (Special Projects))

8. EMPLOYMENT EQUALITY (REPEAL OF RETIREMENT AGE PROVISIONS) REGULATIONS 2011

- to inform the Committee about the abolition of the age 65 Default Retirement Provisions and ask agreement that the Council not apply for the "Employer Justified Retirement Age" at this stage.

(Report of Chief Executive and (Acting) Director: HR (Special Projects))

9. MARKET SUPPLEMENT PAYMENT TO FORENSIC SOCIAL WORKERS

- to review an existing market supplement payment made to Forensic Social Workers under the provision of the Pay Policy Section 5.5 concerning 'Hard to fill posts' as an aid to recruiting and retaining suitably qualified and experienced staff

(Report of Chief Executive & (Acting) Director: HR (Special Projects))

10. PROGRESS AGAINST CURRENT PEOPLE STRATEGY AND FUTURE PLANS

- to note the arrangements for developing the People Strategy and the progress that has been made against the existing plans.

(Report of Strategic Director: Corporate Services)

11. VOLUNTARY SEVERANCE SCHEME PROGRESS REPORT

- to update the Committee regarding the impact and effectiveness of the Voluntary Severance Scheme following its introduction on 1st October 2010.

(Report of Chief Executive and (Acting) Director: HR Special Projects))

12. REDUNDANCY CAP - SAVINGS TO DATE

- to update Members with information regarding the application of the maximum weekly 'cap' applied to redundancy payments.

(Report of Chief Executive and (Acting) Director: HR Special Projects))

13. ANNUAL EMPLOYMENT AND AGENCY STATISTICS

- to note the report, and the action that is taken to put in place an overall staffing establishment that reflects the requirements of the Council's medium term financial plan 2011/12.

(Report of the Strategic Director: Corporate Services)

14. 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).

BRISTOL CITY COUNCIL IS FULLY COMMITTED TO OPENNESS.

THE COUNCIL WILL NOT WITHHOLD INFORMATION UNLESS THERE ARE GOOD REASONS FOR DOING SO.

THE FOLLOWING REPORTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN INFORMATION WHICH IS ABOUT INDIVIDUALS, LABOUR RELATIONS OR IS COMMERCIALLY OR LEGALLY SENSITIVE. THE PARTICULAR REASONS ARE GIVEN IN EACH CASE.

15. FLEXIBLE RETIREMENT AND REDEPLOYMENT OF DIRECTOR

(Report of Strategic Director: Corporate Services)

16. 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.

17. DATE OF NEXT MEETING

The next meeting is scheduled for 7th July 2011.