Issue - meetings

To consider a report of the Cabinet Member for Resources, Commissioning and Governance.

The Deputy Leader of the Council and Cabinet Member for Resources, Commissioning & Governance 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 2020/21 be confirmed and published in accordance with the Localism Act 2011.

To consider a report of the Cabinet Member for Resources, Commissioning and Governance.

This Pay Policy Statement (the ‘statement’) sets out the Council’s approach to pay policy in accordance with the requirements of Section 38 of the Localism Act 2011.  The statement also has due regard for the associated statutory guidance including supplementary guidance issued in February 2013 and the Local Government Transparency code 2014. The statement also incorporates the Councils Gender Pay Gap (GPG) information as the Council is now required to publish this on an annual basis under the GPG reporting requirements.

The Cabinet is recommended to:-

(i)           approve the Pay Policy Statement for the Council prior to its adoption at the Full Council meeting to be held on 16 January 2020; and

(ii)          agree to publish the Council’s Gender Gap information.

The Deputy Leader of the Council and Cabinet Member for Resources, Commissioning and Governance submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) in relation to the Annual Pay Policy Statement 2020/21. The purpose of the statement was to provide transparency with the Council’s approach to setting the pay of its employees (excluding teaching staff working in local authority schools) by confirming the methods by which salaries of all employees were determined; the detail and level of remuneration of its most senior staff i.e. ‘chief officers’, as defined by the relevant legislation; the responsibility of the Appointments Committee to ensure the provisions set out in this statement relating to the Chief Executive, Deputy Chief Executive, Corporate Directors and Service Directors are applied constantly throughout the Council and recommend any amendments to the Council. The report also included the Council Gender Pay Gap figures for 2020.

RESOLVED – That, in relation to the Annual Pay Policy Statement 2020/21:-

·         the Pay Policy Statement for the Council prior to its adoption at the Full Council meeting to be held on 16 January 2020; and

·         the Councils Gender Pay Gap Information be published.