Issue - meetings

Cabinet Member: Community & Corporate Services

Forward Plan Ref: 2024/005

Contact: Michael Fletcher, Head of HR Business Partnering

Michael.fletcher@oxfordshire.gov.uk

Report by the Executive Director of Resources and Section 151 Officer (CA8)

The Cabinet is RECOMMENDED to note the report.

Recommendations approved.

Cabinet had before it a report which provided the workforce profile for quarter 3 2023/24 including an overview of headcount, agency spend, sickness, turnover and other relevant management information and performance indicators (Appendix A). The report also set out some of the actions being taken to address the trends identified.

The Chair presented the report on behalf of the Cabinet Member for Community and Corporate Services.  She referred, in particular, to the actions being taken to address the agency spend and other issues identified in the report.

During discission, members made the following points:-

·       The ongoing success of the Council’s apprenticeship programme

·       The need to investigate and address the amount of sickness absence attributed to stress and mental health

The Chair moved and Councillor Sudbury seconded the recommendation, and it was approved.

RESOLVED to note the report.