Issue - meetings

Report of Chief Executive

Purpose of report

To provide the Personnel Committee with an update on Cherwell District Council’s workforce including Key Performance Indicators for measuring staff well-being and to highlight the actions officers are taking to address any issues

Recommendations

The meeting is recommended to:

1.1       Review and note the workforce date for Quarter 2 of 2022/23 (Appendix one).

(1)  That, having given due consideration, the workforce date for Quarter 2 of 2022/23 be noted.

The Chief Executive submitted a report to provide an update on the Council’s workforce including Key Performance Indicators for measuring staff well-being and to highlight the actions officers were taking to address any issues.

In introducing the report, the Assistant Director Human Resources advised the Committee that further to the quarter one statistics highlighting that a significant amount of sensitive information was missing, officers had been encouraging staff to complete this information. HR Officers had been supporting depot staff, who weren’t regular users of the HR system, to provide this information. The Assistant Director Human Resources reminded the Committee that it was not mandatory for staff to provide sensitive data but as a result of the concerted encouragement, the collection rate for sensitive information had increased from 48.75% to 68.73%.

In response to Members’ comments regarding if there were any links between staff resignations and stress, the Assistant Director Human Resources advised that the reasons provided by staff for leaving did not indicate any links. Staff were encouraged to complete an exit interview and the processes were being reviewed. The Assistant Director Human Resources advised that information gained from employee exit questionnaires and interviews would be reported to the Committee in future statistics.

Resolved

(1)  That, having given due consideration, the workforce date for Quarter 2 of 2022/23 be noted.