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Decision Maker: Executive Councillor for Transformation
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
To consider a report on the underlying trends behind staff vacancies and staffing expenditure for 2014/15.
Matter for
Decision
The report analysed the underlying trends behind staff vacancies and expenditure for
2014/15.
Decisions
of Executive Councillor
for Finance and Resources to note:
i.
The Council’s staffing underspend
information and trend analysis.
ii.
That the Senior Leadership Team will review the current list
of temporary workers and vacancy list to determine whether to permanently
recruit to these posts or to offer savings in time for the 2016/17 budget
process.
iii.
That services are asked to review their agency worker budget for
2016/17.
iv.
That the Finance Department will review the wording used in
Strategy & Resources Scrutiny Committee reports when referring to staffing
underspends.
Reason for the Decision
As set out in the Officer’s report.
Any Alternative Options Considered and Rejected
Not applicable.
Scrutiny
Considerations
The Committee received a report from the Head of Human Resources.
The Committee made the following comments in response to the report:
i.
Thanked the Head of Human Resources for the report.
ii.
It could be thought by members that there was a
£2million underspend however when this information was looked at in conjunction
with agency workers spend it could be seen that there was a £1million
underspend.
iii.
Questioned whether reasons could be given with the
S&R report outturn information, so that the information could be put into
perspective, otherwise the only information that members had was the
information in the tables. It was
acknowledged that assistance would be required from services to provide this
information.
In response to Members’ questions the Head of Human Resources said the
following:
i.
Confirmed that the Head of Finance was on board
with the recommendations, that there was nothing absent from previous reports
but it was acknowledged that better explanations could be provided.
ii.
Some roles were more difficult to recruit into than
others. There was some flexibility where
posts were appointed on pay bands at recruitment and also market supplements
that could be offered.
The Committee unanimously resolved to endorse the recommendations.
The Executive Councillor approved the recommendation.
Conflicts of Interest Declared by the Executive Councillor
(and any Dispensations Granted):
Not applicable.
Publication date: 14/01/2016
Date of decision: 12/10/2015