Decision details

The Business Manager – HR & Organisational Development presented a report which sought to review the content of the Pay Policy Statement for 2019 and subject to any necessary revisions to recommend the Statement to the Council for approval.

In accordance with Section 38 (1) of the Localism Act 2011 the Council was required to produce a Pay Policy Statement for each financial year.  The Pay Policy Statement must set out the authority’s policies for the financial year relating to:

•          the remuneration of the authority’s lowest-paid employees (together with a definition of “lowest-paid employees”) and the reasons for adopting that definition;

•          the relationship between remuneration of Chief Officers and that of other officers (pay multiples); and

•          the remuneration of Chief Officers.

A copy of the Pay Policy Statement for 2019 was attached as an appendix to the report. It was noted that the statement had been updated to:

·         include a link to the new pay and grading arrangements for officers engaged on NJC terms to reflect the nationally agreed scale points negotiated as part of the two year settlement;

·         include amendments to the paragraph on Living Wage given that the Council will be paying an amount equivalent to the Living Wage (£9.00 agreed during November 2018) as part of its substantive pay and grading arrangements following implementation of the revised pay scale; and

·         reflect revisions to the management structure arising from the recent restructure.

AGREED (unanimously) that the content of the Pay Policy Statement for 2019/20 be recommended to Council for approval.

Reasons for Decision

To comply with Section 38 (1) of the Localism Act 2011.