Issue - meetings

The Council was reminded that the pay award for all staff in the salary bands below Director level was agreed each year by the Chief Executive in consultation with the Leader and Deputy Leader of the Council.  Separate approval from full Council was required for this pay award to be applied to the Director posts.

The Council noted that the pay award for the Joint Chief Executive was determined by the Joint Appointments Committee.

Councillors noted that the report on this matter had also been considered by the Employment Committee at its meeting on 25 March 2022.  The Committee had endorsed the recommendation to approve the pay award.

Upon the motion of the Leader of the Council, Councillor Joss Bigmore, seconded by the Deputy Leader of the Council, Councillor Julia McShane, the Council

RESOLVED: That a pay award of 3.75% be approved for the Director posts with effect from 1 April 2022 in accordance with the Council’s adopted Pay Policy Statement, following last year’s pay freeze.

Reason:

To apply a pay award to the Director posts that is in line with the general staff pay award for 2022-23, following last year’s pay freeze and noting the current higher rate of cost-of-living inflation.