Issue - meetings

Cabinet Member: Deputy Leader of the Council

Forward Plan Ref: 2019/198

Contact: Sarah Currell, HR Manager – Business Systems Tel: 07793 242888

Report by Deputy Director – Human Resources (CA9).

This report gives a snapshot of the workforce profile including headcount and fte comparison, equality, apprenticeships, sickness, turnover and agency spend for the quarter ending 31 December 2019.  Headcount, FTE, turnover and agency spend are provided in Appendix 1. In addition, the report provides information on the cost of posts being covered by agency staff and a 4 year Agency Trend analysis in Appendices 2 and 3. 

The Cabinet is RECOMMENDED to note the report.

Noted.

Cabinet considered a report that gave a snapshot of the workforce profile including headcount and full-time equivalent comparison, equality, apprenticeships, sickness, turnover and agency spend for the quarter ending 31 December 2019. In addition, the report provided information on the cost of posts being covered by agency staff and a 4-year agency trend analysis.

Councillor Laura Price, Opposition Deputy Leader welcomed the way that the presentation and information provided was evolving.

Councillor Price thanked HR for their sensitive work on the service redesigns taking place. Their efforts were appreciated at a difficult time.

Referring to agency staff Councillor Phillips was pleased to see that the Comensura contract was saving money. There was an ongoing issue around CEF agency spend and she queried whether this was a sustainable solution in the longer term. Councillor Price noted the off contract spend and asked whether future reports could contain greater clarity about the specific posts concerned. Referring to the workforce profile information Councillor Price queried whether it would be possible to see pay analysis by BAME community as well as by gender.

Councillor Judith Heathcoat, Deputy Leader of the Council thanked Councillor Price and understood the request for greater identification of posts but would not put anything in to the public domain that identified individuals.

Councillor Heathcoat introduced the report and in moving the recommendations thanked Karen Edwards and her team for the improved format.

RESOLVED:             to note the report.