131 Establishment 6 Month Update (01.08.17) PDF 272 KB
To receive an update report from the Group Manager for Human Resources on the Establishment.
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Minutes:
The Committee had before it and NOTED a *report of the Group Manager for Human Resources informing Members of the overall structure of the Council showing the management and deployment of officers.
He provided Members with further detail on the following:
· Increase in the Establishment
· Sickness rates had improved over the past 12 months
· Increase in short term sickness
· New sickness policy introduced
· Increased support for mental health and wellbeing of staff
· Increase in staff turnover
Members discussed the current sickness rates and took some positives from the report and the new sickness policy. Concerns were raised with regard to the average 8.2 days sickness and Members felt that this was still too high compared to the private sector where rates were much lower.
Members requested that sickness rates were benchmarked against neighbouring authorities and companies within the private sector.
Members expressed disappointment that leavers tended not to give a reason for leaving the authority and did not complete a staff exit interview. Suggestions were made that an independent body or persons be used to complete staff exit interviews rather than line managers.
Note: *report previously circulated and attached to the minutes