Decision details

Pay Policy

Decision Maker: Full Council

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: No

Purpose:

The Localism Act 2011 requires English and
Welsh local authorities to produce a pay
policy statement for 2012/13 and for each
financial year after that. This is the updated version for the coming year.

Decisions:

The Cabinet Member for Corporate Resources presented the report to adopt the pay policy for the financial year 2021-2022 prior to its publication. A number of amendments since the previous pay policy had been agreed, these were outlined in the report and the policy attached.

 

Concern was raised during the debate regarding the difference in salary between the higher and lower paid staff within the authority and the duty to ensure people could achieve a reasonable way of life. The Cabinet Member suggested that if one went to any major business where the number of employees were such as the councils the spread would probably be the same and stated that the number of part time employees were not shown. A vote was taken and the result of which were as follows:

 

RESOLVED:

 

THAT the Pay Policy be adopted as drafted.

Report author: Claire Shand

Publication date: 20/01/2021

Date of decision: 20/01/2021

Decided at meeting: 20/01/2021 - Full Council

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