Issue - meetings

The Secretary to the Employer’s Side submitted a revised Retirement Policy which had last been reviewed in 2012.  The Secretary to the Employer’s Side stated that the policy had been updated to remove the statutory default retirement age and the need to comply with a duty to prepare and publish a written statement of its policy relating to certain discretionary powers under the Regulations which applied to the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).

In response to a query from Councillor J Ranger regarding the move into retirement over a two year period, the Secretary to the Employer’s Side explained that this was to ensure that people actually retired at the end of the period and reminded Members that the Council had other policies to enable staff to work flexibly.  The Director of Finance and Support Services explained that flexible retirement allowed the Council to retain key skills and knowledge and allowed for better succession planning.

The Panel recommended approval of the report.

RECOMMENDED – that the Retirement Policy, be approved.