The Council is requested to agree a recommendation from the Policy and Resources Committee, to be considered at the Committee’s meeting on 17 March, 2021.

The report is attached, and the minute extract will be included in a supplementary agenda.

The third item requiring approval was in relation to the Pay Policy statement for 2021/22, as recommended by the Policy and Resources Committee at its meeting of 17 March, 2021.

On a motion by Councillor Janette Williamson, seconded by Councillor Anita Leech, it was –

Resolved  – That the Pay Policy Statement for the financial year 2021/22, be approved.

Tony Williams, Assistant Director: HR and Organisational Development, introduced a report on the Council’s Pay Policy. Its purpose was to provide transparency with regard to the Council’s approach to setting pay by identifying:

·  The methods by which salaries of all employees were determined;

·  The detail and level of the salary package of its most senior staff;

·  The Head of Paid Service’s responsibility for ensuring that the provisions set out in the statement were applied consistently throughout the Council and recommending any amendments to Full Council.

The Council was required by Section 38 of The Localism Act 2011 to prepare a Pay Policy Statement for each financial year.

The 2021/22 statement reflected key changes and updates that had occurred within the last financial year as follows, including a new Foundation Living Wage rate, announced by The Living Wage Foundation in November 2020, as £9.50 per hour, an increase of 20p. The Pay Policy Statement 2021-2022 had also been updated to reflect the constitutional changes made in line with the new Committee System of governance.

RECOMMENDED – To Council the approval of the Pay Policy Statement for the financial year 2021/22.