Issue - meetings

RESOLVED - that the Pay Policy Statement for 2015/16, as now submitted, be approved.

(see also Minute 497)

The Head of People and Property Services submitted a report on the Pay Policy Statement 2015/16 which, annually, needed to be agreed and published under Sections 38 to 43 of the Localism Act 2011.  She stated that the Pay Policy Statement had been amended to reflect the new code in terms of transparency of information.

In response to a query raised by Councillor J Ranger at an earlier meeting, the Head of People and Property Services explained the arrangements around apprenticeships.  She said that the Council had experienced some difficulties in trying to recruit an apprentice in Facilities Management and that over the last three years, the Council had employed two or three apprentices.

In response to a query from Councillor P Ruffles, the Director of Finance and Support Services explained what other professional schemes the Council had to offer, including those offered to graduates.

The Committee supported the report, and recommended its approval.

RECOMMENDED - that the Pay Policy Statement for 2015/16, as now submitted, be approved.