Agenda and minutes

Appointments and Conditions of Service Committee
Tuesday, 8th February, 2022 2.00 pm

Venue: Ground Floor Committee Room - Loxley House, Station Street, Nottingham, NG2 3NG. View directions

Contact: Kate Morris, 0115 8764353 Email: kate.morris2@nottinghamcity.gov.uk

Items
No.	Item
59.	Apologies for Absence Minutes: Councillor Rebecca Langton – personal reasons
60.	Declarations of Interests Minutes: None.
61.	Minutes PDF 94 KB To confirm the minutes of the meeting held on 7 December 2021 Minutes: The minutes of the meeting held on 7 December 2021 were confirmed as a correct record and were signed by the Chair.
62.	Pay Policy Statement 2022-23 PDF 332 KB Report of the Director of HR and Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Additional documents: Enc. 1 for Pay Policy Statement 2022-23 , item 62. PDF 1 MB Minutes: Elaine Harrison, HR Consultant, presented the report which introduces the Council’s Pay Policy Statement for 2022/23 as required by the Localism Act. The Statement sets out information on pay and conditions for chief officers in comparison to the bulk of the workforce employed on ‘Local Government Services’ (LGS) terms and conditions. The Committee queried why the median pay multiple is so much lower in Bristol compared to other core cities. It was suggested that this may be due to outsourcing of the lower paid workforce but the Director of HR and Customer agreed to investigate the reason for this. Resolved to note the Council’s Pay Policy Statement for 2022/23, which is being presented to Full Council on 7 March 2022.
63.	Early Retirement Monitoring Report 2020/21 PDF 203 KB Report of the Director for HR and Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Additional documents: Enc. 1 for Early Retirement Monitoring Report 2020/21 , item 63. PDF 30 KB Minutes: Jo Hill, Employee Relations Specialist, presented the report which details the number, type and average pension strain cost of early retirements for the period 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021. There was a significant increase in early retirements compared to the previous year, mainly due to the offer of voluntary redundancy which many took up. Resolved to note the monitoring information contained within the report and the appendices.
64.	Exclusion of the Public To consider excluding the public from the meeting during consideration of the remaining item(s) in accordance with Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 on the basis that, having regard to all the circumstances, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information. Minutes: The Committee agreed to exclude the public from the meeting during consideration of the remaining agenda item in accordance with Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 on the basis that, having regard to all the circumstances, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighed the public interest in disclosing the information, as defined in Paragraph(s) 3, 4, 5 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Act.
65.	Exempt Minutes View the reasons why item 65. is restricted To confirm the exempt minutes of the meeting held on 7 December 2021 Minutes: The exempt minutes of the meeting held on 7 December 2021 were confirmed as a correct record and were signed by the Chair.