Agenda item

Report of the Chief Executive and Head of Paid Service to advise the Committee of the implementation of the new Senior Managers’ Pay and Grading arrangements and in particular the actions taken by the Chief Executive in addressing the anomalies encountered when confirming or appointing individuals in position and for the Committee to approve the parameters for the conduct of the Senior Manager Pay Review for 2016, the senior manager contract of employment and the Chief Executive’s contract of employment to take effect from 1 April 2016.

Appendices C and D – to follow.

The Committee considered the report on the implementation of new senior pay and grading arrangements, including pay review and employment contract, presented by Ian Morgan, Reward Strategy Manager. Mr Morgan outlined to the Committee the content of each of the appendices to the report, comprising details of the implementation of senior managers’ pay and grading arrangements, conduct of the senior managers’ pay review for 2016, final senior manager contract, final Chief Executive contract and equalities impact assessment. In respect of the pay review exercise for 2016, it was proposed that a flat 1% increase on senior manager pay be budgeted for, the pay review to take place in April 2016 with a supplementary pay review in October 2016 for those starting later in the year.

In response to a question from the Committee, Mr Morgan advised that the new arrangements were in line with the national position. The Committee also asked about the equalities impact assessment and whether there were any significant issues arising from this. Mr Morgan advised that it would be when the pay review itself was conducted that any issues requiring consideration by the Committee were more likely to arise.

RESOLVED

That the Committee:

i)             Note the outcome of the implementation of the new Senior Managers’ Pay and Grading arrangements detailed in Appendix A and in particular the actions taken by the Chief Executive in addressing the anomalies encountered when confirming or appointing individuals in position.

ii)            Approve the parameters for the conduct of the Senior Manager Pay Review for 2016 as outlined in Appendix B.

iii)           Approve the Senior Manager contract of employment set out in Appendix C, to be issued to all senior managers apart from the Chief Executive to take effect from 1^st April 2016.

iv)           Approve the Chief Executive’s contract of employment set out in Appendix D, to be issued to the Chief Executive to take effect from 1^st April 2016.