Agenda and minutes

To elect a Chair for the duration of this meeting of the Employment Appeals Committee.

RESOLVED – That Councillor Matt Wynne be elected as Chair for the duration of the meeting.

To approve as a correct record the minutes of the meeting held on 11 January 2023.

The minutes of the meeting held on 11 January 2023 (copies of which had been circulated) were approved as a correct record and signed by the Chair.

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

Councillors and Officers were requested to declare any interests that they may have had in any of the items on the agenda for the meeting.

No declarations of interest were made.

Members of the public are invited to put questions to the Chair and Members of the Committee on any of the 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. These are available via the Council’s website at www.stockport.gov.uk/publicquestions.

No public questions were submitted.

To consider whether it is in the public interest to exclude the public during consideration of Agenda Item 6 – ‘Appeal A659’ which contains information ‘not for publication’ by virtue of the categories set out in the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended).

RESOLVED – That the public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of agenda item 5 ‘Appeal A659’ 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 in breach of Data Protection regulations.

To consider a grievance appeal from an employee of the Place Directorate.

The Committee considered a grievance appeal from an employee of the Place Directorate. The Appellant attended the meeting and presented their case. The Committee received documentation, heard presentations and questioning from the Appellant and Management.

The Committee considered the grievance appeal, presentations and written documents that were submitted, as well as the additional documentation presented at the meeting. Having listened to all that was said, and having carefully considered all of the documentation and verbal presentations, the Committee decided that the grievance appeal be dismissed.