Issue - meetings

Purpose of Report

To seek approval to implement the proposed changes to the Council’s Mutually Agreed Resignation Scheme and to provide an update on further changes following the revocation of the Restriction of Public Sector Exit Payments Regulations 2020.

Decision

(1)          That the report be noted in relation to the revocation of the Restriction of Public Sector Exit Payments Regulations 2020 and the subsequent policy amendments.

(2)          That the proposed changes to the Council’s Mutually Agreed Resignation Scheme be approved.

Alternative Options Considered and Rejected

None.

Reason for Decision

Recent reviews of the Council’s Redundancy Policy, Pension Policy, and Mutually Agreed Resignation Scheme were undertaken following the implementation of the Restriction of Public Sector Exit Payments Regulations 2020.

Changes to the Council’s Redundancy and Pension Policies were previously agreed by the Executive in January 2021, however the Restriction of Public Sector Exit Payments Regulations had now been revoked by the Government, and any changes which were made to the Council’s policies in relation to these Regulations were now obsolete. Based on this the authority had reverted its Redundancy Policy and Pension Policy back to their original versions, noting this revocation.

Additionally, the Council had now removed any reference or provisions associated with those Regulations from its Mutually Agreed Resignation Scheme. The report provided an overview of the additional changes proposed as part of the Mutually Agreed Resignation Scheme Policy following its review, set out in paragraph 3.2 of the report.