Issue - meetings

Report of Chief Executive

Purpose of report

To seek approval from the Personnel Committee on proposed changes to existing HR policies.

Recommendations

The meeting is recommended:

1.1     To review and approve the following policies for implementation:

-         Exit Interview Policy

-         Criminal Record Checking Policy and Procedure

-         Politically Restricted and Politically Sensitive Posts Policy

-         Lone Working Policy

Resolved

(1)          That, having given due consideration, the following policies be approved for implementation:

-           Exit Interview Policy

-           Criminal Record Checking Policy and Procedure

-           Politically Restricted and Politically Sensitive Posts Policy

-           Lone Working Policy

The Chief Executive submitted a report to seek approval from the Personnel Committee on proposed changes to existing HR policies.

In introducing the report, the Assistant Director of Human Resources explained that the HR team were systematically working through all policies and refreshing them where required, to simply and make them more user friendly.

In response to questions from the Committee, the Health and Safety Manager explained that the Lone Working Policy was being reviewed and updated as there were now more employees lone working.

The Chief Executive assured Councillors that Lone Working was taken very seriously and that the Lone Working policy needed to reflect the modern times.  The Chief Executive thanked the Health and Safety Manager for the work undertaken to update the Lone Working Policy.

Resolved

(1)          That, having given due consideration, the following policies be approved for implementation:

-           Exit Interview Policy

-           Criminal Record Checking Policy and Procedure

-           Politically Restricted and Politically Sensitive Posts Policy

-           Lone Working Policy