Cabinet is requested to consider the recommendation of the Audit and Risk Management Committee (24 April 2019) in respect of ‘Verification of the Validity Supplier VAT Registration Numbers’ and the ‘Appointment / Employment of Agency Workers’. Minute No 73 refers (as attached).  

The Cabinet considered the recommendations of the Audit and Risk Committee (24 April 2019) in respect of ‘Verification of the Validity Supplier VAT Registration Numbers’ and the ‘Appointment / Employment of Agency Workers’.  (Minute No 73 refers.)

RESOLVED:

That the Cabinet accepts the following for consideration:

(1)  any Company / Contractor recruited at a rate in excess of £250 per day should be reported to the relevant Cabinet Member for political oversight prior to employment;

(2)  in the case of employment at a rate of in excess of £250 per day, verification is also sought via Internal Audit to ensure that the IR35 assessment by the relevant service manager has been undertaken and is accurate;

(3)  where a situation exists that a Contractor has been taken on for over 2 years (or 2 contract extensions / continuations) there should be a formal review led by Human Resources Department; and

(4)  clarity be sought regarding contractual arrangements regarding ownership of intellectual property rights of the Council and Contractors working for the Council.