Minutes:
The Committee considered a report seeking approval for the following new, amended and updated policies and procedures:
· Revisions to the Disciplinary Policy and Procedure
· New Volunteering Policy
· Minor amendments to the Redeployment Policy and Procedure
· Amendments to the relevant HR policies to ensure compliance with the General Data Protection Regulations
· Update the Recruitment and Selection Policy and Procedure to enhance and update the document to reflect changes to the safeguarding requirements.
The report set out the main changes being proposed in each Policy.
Members discussed the new Volunteering Policy and requested information on types of volunteering that would be covered in the Policy. Members felt that staff should be encouraged to volunteer and that volunteering opportunities for council staff should be strengthened. Officer undertook to take the Committee’s views into account in developing the Policy.
Members asked for information about how compliance with the Council’s Disciplinary Policy and Procedure was measured and how the Committee could satisfy itself that learning from recent cases an employment tribunal findings was effective. The Service Lead HR advised that the Council was aware of the time it had taken to complete some investigations, it would be able to see whether this has improved following the establishment of a trained ‘pool’ of managers. It was in the interests of all parties for the investigation to be completed in a timely manner.
Resolved: That the new, revised and updated HR policies as set out in the Report be approved with immediate effect.
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