Agenda and minutes

Employment Appeals Committee - Monday, 3rd October, 2011 9.30 am

Venue: Meeting Room 1a, Fred Perry House

Contact: Democratic Services 

Items
No. Item

1.

Election of Chair

Minutes:

RESOLVED – That Councillor Wendy Meikle be elected Chair for the duration of the meeting.

2.

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To approve as a correct record and sign the minutes of the meeting held on 16 June 2011.

Minutes:

The Minutes (copies of which had been circulated) of the meeting held on 16 June 2011 were approved as a correct record and signed by the Chair.

3.

Declarations of Interest

Councillors and officers to declare any interest which they may have in any of the items on the agenda for the meeting.

Minutes:

Councillors and officers were invited to declare any interest that they had in any of the items on the agenda.

 

The following interests were declared:-

 

Personal Interests

 

Councillor/ Officer

 

Interest

Wendy Meikle

Agenda Item 6 ‘Case A252’ as the appellant was known to her from previous membership of a school governing body some years ago.

 

Hamza Soren

Agenda Item 6 ‘Case A252’ as he was representing the Council for the appellants employment tribunal claim.

 

The appellant confirmed that Councillor Meikle was known to him and that he wished the appeal to continue.

4.

Public Question Time

Members of the public are invited to put questions to the Chair and members of the Committee on any matters within the powers and duties of the Committee, subject to the exclusions set out in the Code of Practice.  (Questions must be submitted prior to the commencement of the meeting on the cards provided. These are available at the meeting and at local information and Advice Centres.)

 

Minutes:

No questions were submitted.

5.

Exclusion of the Public and the Public Interest Test

To consider whether it is in the public interest to exclude the public during the consideration of item 5 on the agenda which are marked "not for publication" by virtue of the categories set out in the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended).

 

Item not for publication

 

Minutes:

RESOLVED - That the public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of Agenda Item 5 (see Minute 6 below) to prevent the disclosure of information relating to an individual. It would not, on balance, be in the public interest to disclose this information to the public because disclosure of the personal information would not be fair to the appellant and therefore be in breach of Data Protection.

Item Not for Publication

6.

Appeal A252

To consider a grievance appeal from an employee of Services to People.

 

This item is confidential and has been circulated to Councillors only.

Minutes:

The Committee considered a grievance appeal from an employee of Services to People. The appellant and his representative attended the meeting and presented his case. 

 

RESOLVED – (1) That having heard both sides of the presentation and having read all the documentation the Committee was satisfied that there was an organizational restructure of three services into a single unified service that disestablished some old roles and established two new job roles.

 

(2)  That the Committee was satisfied that management had adopted a fair process for selecting from the existing workforce those who were successful and appointed to the new positions.

 

(3)  That the Committee believed that the appellant was not treated unfairly in relation to other candidates and had continuity of employment with the Council.

 

(4)  That the Committee noted that management had apologised for shortcomings in the process, however, was satisfied that these had not had a material affect on the outcome of the process.

 

(5) That the appeal be dismissed.