Issue - meetings

Report of Director of Human Resources and Organisational Development detailing Quarter 3 HR Statistics.

The Committee received and noted the report of the Service Director Human Resources and Organisational Development detailing Quarter 3 Human Resources statistics and included additional summary information on levels of staff sickness as requested by the Committee.

The Committee noted that there had been 7 dismissals 3 of which were sickness related.  The Committee expressed their concern at the high levels of sickness across parts of the Authority.  The Committee noted that there was a lot of work being undertaken to address the issue including a task group established, a review of the reasonable adjustment policy, attendance workshops and targeted key intervention in known “hot spots”.  The Committee also noted that last year had seen Transaction and Universal Services as a targeted area for key intervention work and statistics had significantly improved, the focus for the forthcoming year was Adult Services and Children and Families.

The Committee requested that with effect from the next quarter comparative data with other local authorities be included together with an update from the task group on the impact the group was having.  The Committee also requested that the Attendance Policies be circulated to Members of the Committee outside of the meeting.