Issue - meetings

Purpose of Report

To provide Executive with an overview of the proposed changes to three HR Policies, namely:

·         Acting Up Policy

·         Secondment Policy

·         Grievance Policy

Decision

That the policy changes be approved, subject to an amendment to the Grievance Policy extending the appeal timescale to 10 days.

Alternative Options Considered and Rejected

None.

Reasons for the Decision

Human Resources had reviewed the above policies; the report provided a summary of the proposed changes.

The proposed changes to the Acting Up and Secondment Policies had been discussed with Unions during local HR and Trade Union meetings, and Unions were supportive of the changes.

The proposed changes to the Grievance policy had also been discussed with Unions, and on the whole unions were supportive of the changes outlined within the officers’ report.

Unions had requested that the appeal time be extended from five days to ten days. Unions felt this would ensure that employees had more time to consider if they wished to appeal or not, and allow for additional time if an employee was absent etc. This may also reduce the number of appeals.