Issue - meetings

To consider a report of the Executive Councillor (Customer Focus)

The report brings together a number of interrelated legislative changes resulting from the Localism Act and Equality Act that require approval by Council, namely the publication of strategic equality objectives and the publication of a statement confirming the Council’s approach to setting the pay of its employees.

The Executive is invited to

(a) Recommend that the Council Meeting confirms and agrees to publish the Statement on Equality and Diversity (at Appendix 1), in accordance with the Equalities Act 2010.

(b) Recommend that the Council Meeting confirms and agrees to publish the Annual Pay Policy Statement (at Appendix 2), in accordance with the Localism Act 2011.

Officer contact: Steve Houston, 0161 474 4000, steve.houston@stockport.gov.uk

The Executive Councillor (Customer Focus) submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) bringing together a number of interrelated legislative changes resulting from the Localism Act and Equality Act that required approval by Council, namely the publication of strategic equality objectives and the publication of a statement confirming the Council’s approach to setting the pay of its employees.

RESOLVED – (1) That the Council Meeting be recommended to confirm and agree to publish the Statement on Equality and Diversity (as set out in Appendix 1 of the report), in accordance with the Equalities Act 2010.

(2) That the Council Meeting be recommended to confirm and agree to publish the Annual Pay Policy Statement (as set out in Appendix 2 to the

report), in accordance with the Localism Act 2011.