Issue - meetings

The Council considered the recommendation of the Cabinet from its meeting held on 22 February 2017 on the Pay Policy Statement 2017-2018.

The Pay Policy Statement set out the Council’s policies on a range of issues relating to the pay of its workforce, particularly its senior staff and the lowest paid employees, including:

·         Remuneration of its Chief Officers

·         Remuneration of its lowest paid employees

·         The relationship between the remuneration of its Chief Officers and the remuneration of those employees who are not Chief Officers

·         The publication of and access to information relating to remuneration of Chief Officers.

Resolved to:

1.    approve the Pay Policy Statement 2017-2018 and

2.    approve amendments to the Pensions Policy Statement.

Councillor Mitchell

To consider the report on a Pay Policy Statement for 2017-18 and make a recommendation to Council.

Cabinet considered a report on a Pay Policy Statement for 2017-2018.

The Pay Policy Statement set out the Council’s policies on a range of issues relating to the pay of its workforce, particularly its senior staff and the lowest paid employees, including:

•           Remuneration of its Chief Officers

•           Remuneration of its lowest paid employees

•           The relationship between the remuneration of its Chief Officers and the remuneration of those employees who are not Chief Officers

•           The publication of and access to information relating to remuneration of Chief Officers.

Resolved to recommend that Council approves:

1.    the Pay Policy Statement 2017-2018 and

2.    amendments to the Pensions Policy Statement

Reason for decision

Local authorities are required to publish an annual Pay Policy Statement to increase transparency regarding the use of public funds to pay council staff. This requirement was set out in the Localism Act 2011 with guidance on items to be included issued by the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government.