Issue - meetings

Report of the Solicitor to the Council seeking authority for the Chief Executive (Head of Paid Service) to take appropriate action in respect of equal pay litigation, attached.

DECISION MADE: (Ref: CAB 09/10 3932)

On consideration of the report of the Solicitor to the Council, Cabinet agreed the following:

(i)  That the Chief Executive (Head of Paid Service) be given delegated authority, following consultation with the Solicitor to the Council (Monitoring Officer), Executive Director of Resources (Chief Financial Officer) and the Cabinet Member for Resources and Workforce Planning to take any action necessary (including defend, settle or in any other way take action) in relation to any Equal Pay Claims or other linked or associated matters currently made or in future made against the Council.

(ii)  That the Chief Executive (Head of Paid Service), Solicitor to the Council (Monitoring Officer), Executive Director of Resources  (Chief Financial Officer) and Head of Organisational Development be given delegated authority to take any further action necessary to give effect to the content of this report; and

(iii)  To approve an amount of up to £200,000 to fund further legal and other associated costs of defending the Equal Pay Claims, to be met from the Organisational Development Reserve.