Agenda item

Report of the Strategic Director of Organisational Transformation

Gail Keen, HR Consultant, presented a report to the Committee on the Pay Policy Statement 2016/17, highlighting the following points:

(a)  the Pay Policy Statement is an annual document produced as a requirement of the Localism Act;

(b)  the pay ratio between the average Chief Officer and the average non Chief Officer has reduced since last year’s report. This is down to an increase in the Living Wage, and an update to the Chief Officer structure, which has resulted in more posts being defined as Chief Officer;

(c)  there are 52 Chief Officer posts, up from 35 last year;

(d)  there is an ongoing discussion at the moment regarding pay structure, a further report will be brought to a future meeting of the Appointments and Conditions or Service Committee if there are any further changes as a result of these discussions.

RESOLVED to note the Council’s Pay Policy Statement for 2016/17 which will be presented to the Full Council meeting on 18 January 2016.