Issue - meetings

Cabinet Member: Deputy Leader of the Council

Forward Plan Ref: 2018/152

Contact: Sarah Currell, HR Manager – Business Systems Tel: 07867 467793

Report by Director of Human Resources (CA7).

The report gives an update on staffing numbers and related activity during the period 1 October 2017 to 31 December 2017.  It gives details of the actual staffing numbers at 31 December 2017 in terms of Full Time Equivalents.  These are shown by directorate in Appendix 1. In addition, the report provides information on the cost of posts being covered by agency staff and an Agency Trend analysis in Appendix 2. 

The Cabinet is RECOMMENDED to note the report

Recommendations agreed.

Cabinet considered a report that gave an update on staffing numbers and related activity during the period 1 October 2018 to 31 December 2018.  It gave details of the actual staffing numbers at 31 December 2018 in terms of Full Time Equivalents.  In addition, the report provided information on the cost of posts being covered by agency staff and an Agency Trend analysis. Cabinet noted the correction to the agenda summary set out in the addenda.

Councillor Judith Heathcoat, Deputy Leader of the Council, introduced the contents of the report highlighting the changes made in response to queries and comments made previously and noting that with transportation the report would continue to develop. Councillor Heathcoat added that more detailed information was on the website. In relation to agency staff Councillor Heathcoat commented that there were legitimate reasons for using agency staff, such as, to provide continuity of service when recruiting to vacancies to cover a time limited piece of work. Councillor Heathcoat added that regarding all recruitment there were strict controls in place to manage recruitment.

Councillor Heathcoat, responding to a question about the high use of catering and hospitality agency staff in Quarter 1 compared with the rest of the year, explained that this had been connected to Carillion and staff had become employed.

RESOLVED:             to note the report.