Issue - meetings

To consider a report of the Executive Councillor (Support & Governance).

The Deputy Leader of the Council (Support & Governance) (Councillor Iain Roberts) submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) setting out the Council’s approach to pay policy in accordance with the requirements of Section 38 of the Localism Act 2011.

RESOLVED – That the Annual Pay Policy Statement 2016/17 be confirmed and published in accordance with the Localism Act 2011.

To consider a report of the Executive Councillor (Support & Governance)

This Pay Policy Statement sets out the Council’s approach to pay policy in accordance with the requirements of Section 38 of the Localism Act 2011.  The policy also has due regard for the associated statutory guidance including supplementary guidance issued in February 2013 and the Local Government Transparency code 2014.

The Executive is invited to recommend to the Council Meeting that it:-

•           approve the Pay Policy Statement for the Council prior to its adoption at the Full Council on the 28th January 2015.

•           agree to an increase in the Living Wage rate paid by the Council, in line with current policy, to £8.25 per hour, with effect from 1 April 2016.

•           agree to be reconvene the Living wage Working Group in order to explore the implications of the National Living Wage on both the workforce and the Council supply chain.

Officer contact: Greg McNair, 0161 474 1427, greg.mcnair@stockport.gov.uk

The Executive Councillor (Support & Governance) submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) inviting the Executive to consider the draft Annual Pay Policy Statement that had been produced in accordance with the requirements of Section 38 of the Localism Act 2011.

RESOLVED – That in relation to the Annual Policy Statement for 2016/17 the Council Meeting be recommended to:-

·                approve the Annual Pay Policy Statement for 2016/17;

·                agree to an increase in the Living Wage rate paid by the Council, in line with current policy, to £8.25 per hour, with effect from 1 April 2016;

·                reconvene the Living wage Working Group in order to explore the implications of the National Living Wage on both the workforce and the Council’s supply chain.