Issue - meetings

(Report of the Assistant Chief Executive – People & OD)  To advise the Committee of the key workforce statistics for the last financial year -   1 April 2007 to 31 March 2008. 

The committee received this report to advise them on the key workforce statistics for the financial year 1 April 2007 to 31 March 2008.

Members enquired as to the process that led to the successful redeployment of 19 people in the profile period.  Officers informed them that those who were in a redeployment situation were skills-matched against appropriate vacant positions across the council and redeployees could also self select opportunities.  In either scenario they had the first opportunity to apply, before external applicants, when appropriate vacancies arose in the Council.

Officers stated that although they were pleased with the general ethnic make-up of the Council, work was on-going to encourage minority applicants to senior positions through a variety of development schemes.

The Director of Urban Environment informed the committee that the above-average rate of sickness in his directorate was partly as a result of the outdoor nature of much of the work undertaken.  Proactive support to staff was being provided, and Officers were beginning to see the benefits of this in terms of decreasing sickness levels.

Officers stated that they were pleased in the reduction of agency staff employed by the Council, but were aware of the lack of accurate information surrounding agency figures for school support staff.

RESOLVED:

That the report be noted.