Issue - meetings

(Support Services Portfolio Holder) To consider the attached report (C-079-2013/14).

(1)        That the Pay Policy Statement, as attached at Appendix 1 of the report, be recommended to the Council for approval.

The Portfolio Holder for Support Services presented a report on the Council’s Pay Policy Statement.

The Portfolio Holder stated that Section 38(1) of the Localism Act 2011 required the Council to produce a Pay Policy Statement for each financial year setting out details of its remuneration policy, which drew on the Review of Fair Pay in the Public Sector (Will Hutton, 2011) and concerns over low pay. Specifically it should include the Council’s approach to its highest and lowest paid employees. The Pay Policy Statement for 2014/15 had been amended to reflect the Directorate Restructure, the new Local Government Pension Scheme employee contribution rates (effective 1 April 2014), the fees paid to the Returning Officer in 2013/14, and the National Pay Award for 2013. The Cabinet was requested to recommend the Pay Policy Statement to the Council for approval.

Decision:

(1)        That the Pay Policy Statement, as attached at Appendix 1 of the report, be recommended to the Council for approval.

Reasons for Decision:

To enable members of the Cabinet to comment on the Council’s Pay Policy Statement before it was presented to the Council for agreement.

Other Options Considered and Rejected:

To amend the contents of the Statement prior to its approval by Council.