Issue - meetings

[To approve the Pay Policy Statement 2021-2022]

1.     That the Pay Policy Statement for 2021-2022 as set out in Appendix 1 of the Cabinet report be approved.

2.     That the publication of the Pay Policy Statement as set out in Appendix 1 of the Cabinet report be approved, in line with the requirements of the Localism Act 2021.

3.     That it be noted, that the national pay award for National Joint Council (NJC) and Joint Negotiating Committee (JNC) Chief Officers and Chief Executives had not yet been agreed.

Councillor Paula Brookfield presented the report: Pay Policy Statement 2021-2022 for approval. She outlined the recommendations of the report and advised that the national pay award for National Joint Council (NJC) and Joint Negotiating Committee (JNC) Chief Officers and Chief Executives had not yet been agreed.

Councillor Paula Brookfield advised the Council had a responsibility under the Localism Bill 2011 to prepare and publish an annual pay policy statement which detailed the remuneration of chief officers, the remuneration of its lowest paid employees and the relationship of remuneration between chief officers and employees. She advised the Council had one of the lowest pay gaps ratios in the West Midlands region.

Councillor Paula Brookfield proposed the recommendations and Councillor Rita Potter seconded the recommendations.

Resolved:

1. That the Pay Policy Statement for 2021-2022 as set out in Appendix 1 of the Cabinet report be approved.
2. That the publication of the Pay Policy Statement as set out in Appendix 1 of the Cabinet report be approved, in line with the requirements of the Localism Act 2021.
3. That it be noted, that the national pay award for National Joint Council (NJC) and Joint Negotiating Committee (JNC) Chief Officers and Chief Executives has not yet been agreed.