EMPLOYEE RELATIONS
(DISPUTES RESOLUTION)
SUB-COMMITTEE
22ND AUGUST, 2011
A MEETING of the EMPLOYEE RELATIONS (DISPUTES
RESOLUTION) SUB-COMMITTEE was held at the MANSION HOUSE,
PRESENT:
Chair - Councillor Craig Sahman
Vice Chair – Councillor David Holland
Councillors Bob Ford, Barry Johnson, J.P. and Martin
Williams.
APOLOGIES:
No apologies for absence were received.
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DECLARATIONS OF PERSONAL OR PREJUDICIAL INTEREST |
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No
declarations were made at the meeting.
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EXCLUSION OF PUBLIC AND PRESS |
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RESOLVED
that the public and press be excluded from the remaining proceedings of the
meeting in accordance with Section 100(A)(4) of the Local Government Act
1972, as amended, on the grounds that exempt information as defined in
Paragraph 4 of Schedule 12A of the Act is likely to be disclosed. |
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FORMAL DISPUTE – REVISED PAY PROTECTION POLICY |
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The Sub-Committee
considered the basis of a dispute submitted by UNISON in line with the
Council’s Disputes Resolution Procedure. A copy of the ‘Collective Agreement
Pay and Rewards Review’ document had been circulated to all parties prior to
the meeting. At the
commencement of the hearing, the Chair made introductions and outlined the
procedure to be followed. A written
summary of the dispute was prepared jointly by the Parties to the Dispute
which contained the original Statement of Dispute, details of the steps taken
to try to resolve the matter before the dispute had been declared, and
details of the steps taken at Stage 1 of the Disputes Resolution Procedure. Following representations from both parties the Sub-Committee
deliberated in private. |
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The Sub-Committee, having
considered the basis of the dispute submitted by UNISON and having taken into
account the verbal representations and evidence presented at the meeting, made the following decision: |
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RESOLVED
that (1)
in accordance with Section 3.2.9 of the Disputes Resolution procedure,
the dispute submitted by Unison in relation to the revised Pay Protection
Policy as a result of the Collective Agreement reached with effect from 1st
December 2009, be not upheld; and (2)
the Council’s current Pay
Protection Policy remain in force and employees shall have the benefit of Pay
Protection until 1st December 2012. RECOMMENDED TO THE EMPLOYEE RELATIONS COMMITTEE THAT THE PAY PROTECTION POLICY
BE REVIEWED WITHIN THE NEXT 6 MONTHS.
ANY CHANGES TO THE POLICY ARISING FROM THE REVIEW TO TAKE EFFECT FROM
1ST DECEMBER 2012. |
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