Issue - meetings
Workforce Report and Staffing Data - Quarter 3 - October-December 2021
Meeting: 15/03/2022 - Cabinet (Item 35)
35 Workforce Report and Staffing Data - Quarter 3 - October-December 2021 
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Cabinet Member: Corporate Services
Forward Plan Ref: 2021/162
Contact: Karen Edwards, Director of Human Resources Tel: 07825 521526
Report by Corporate Director Customers, Organisational Development and Resources (CA10).
Quarterly staffing report providing details of key people numbers and analysis of main changes since the previous report.
The Cabinet is RECOMMENDED to note the report.
Additional documents:
- CA_MAR1522R10 Appendix 1 Workforce Profile Q3, item 35
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- CA_MAR1522R10 Appendix 2 Gender Pay Gap Report FINAL formatted, item 35
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Decision:
Recommendations agreed
Minutes:
Cabinet was asked to note the quarterly staffing report providing details of key people numbers and analysis of main changes since the previous report.
Councillor Glynis Phillips, Cabinet Member for Corporate Services, summarised the report. Covid restrictions were now diminishing and the Council was working towards defining the new normal. The Health & Safety Team were supporting managers to review their risk assessments in line with current guidance.
Work that will inform the approach to agile ways of working will be completed by the end of the month and the next workforce report will include more detail on these developments. Concerns remained about the number of staff experiencing stress, anxiety and depression but there was a comprehensive employee assistance programme and the team continued to advise staff about what support was available.
Councillor Phillips added that the report included the 2021 Gender Pay Gap Report. As at 31 March 2021, the mean hourly rate for men was £17.35 per hour and for women £17.04 - an improvement on the March 2020 figure where the gap was 53p per hour. Although 50% of the senior management team, which includes the extended leadership team, were women, this did not reflect the fact that two thirds of the total workforce were women.
Councillor Miller noted the increase in agency spend which remained a concern. This was driven by labour force pressures particularly in the areas of social workers and Environment & Place. However, Cabinet was enthusiastic about efforts at the strategic workforce level to pursue innovative ways of recruiting and retaining staff.
RESOLVED to note the report.