Issue - meetings

To receive and consider the attached report from Employment Committee held on 9 March (recommendation to follow)

Council Agenda Item 14 (Employment Committee Minute 8)

Pay Policy Statement

The recommendation within this report was approved unopposed

It was therefore RESOLVED that Full Council APPROVED the Pay Policy Statement attached as Appendix 1 to the report.

Purpose

The Council is required by section 38(1) of the Localism Act 2011 (openess and accountability in local pay) to prepare a Pay Policy Statement. The Local Government Transparency Code 2014 further clarifies and describes the information and data local authorities are required to publish to increase democratic accountability.

A Pay Policy Statement must articulate the Council's policies towards a range of issues relating to the pay of its workforce, particularly its senior staff, Chief Officers and its lowest paid employees.

A Pay Policy Statement must be prepared for each financial year. It should be approved by Full Council no later than 31^st March of each year, prior to the financial year to which it relates and be published on the council's website.

RECOMMENDED that Employment Committee approves the Pay Policy Statement attached as Appendix 1, to go forward for approval by the Full Council prior to 31 March 2022.

(TAKE IN REPORT)

Natasha Edmunds, Director of Corporate Services, introduced the report and explained that the Council was required by section 38(1) of the Localism Act 2011 (openess and accountability in local pay) to prepare a Pay Policy Statement.

In response to questions the Director of Corporate Services confirmed that she would report back to the committee on whether the ratio of 1:8.45 pay ratio between the highest and lowest paid employees differed from the previous year, along with how the council comparted with other comparator councils such as Hampshire County Council and Southampton City Council.

RESOLVED that the Employment Committee approves the Pay Policy Statement attached as Appendix 1, to go forward for approval by the Full Council prior to 31 March 2022.