Committees and Joint Arrangements
Chapter 24: Human Resources Committee and Sub-Committees
Section 24.1: Introduction
The Committee is responsible non-executive HR and personnel issues such as recruitment of chief officers and employee appeals against dismissal. Pensions Committee 18. Considers pension matters and meet the obligations and the duties of the Council under the Superannuation Act 1972 and the various statutory requirements in respect of investment matters.
Section 24.2: Human Resources Committee Terms of Reference
Summary Description:The Committee is responsible non-executive HR and personnel issues such as recruitment of chief officers and employee appeals against dismissal.
Membership:7 Councillors
Table of Functions
Functions | Delegation of Functions |
|---|---|
1. To determine major policy on the terms and conditions on which staff hold office within allocated resources | None |
2. To determine the criteria for the appointment of the Head of Paid Service and other statutory and non-statutory chief officers and deputy chief officers and to establish Appointments Sub-Committees to consider such appointments | The Monitoring Officer and the Director of Workforce, OD and Business Support are authorised to appoint members to Appointment Sub-Committees in line with the Director of Legal and Resource Directorate Schemes of Delegation in the Supplementary Documents Pack |
3. To make recommendations to Full Council on the appointment of the Head of Paid Service | None |
4. To establish a Sub-Committee to consider any proposal to discipline and/or dismiss the Head of the Paid Service, the Monitoring Officer or the Chief Financial Officer in accordance with the Officer Employment Procedure Rules set out in Part C, Section 38 of this Constitution and to appoint a minimum of two (2) 'Independent Persons' to such Sub-Committee | The Monitoring Officer is authorised to make or amend Committee/ Sub-committee/ Panel appointments in accordance with Section 24 of this Constitution. |
5. To consider and determine any appeal by employees under human resources procedures requiring a Member level decision. | None |
6. To establish an Employee Appeals Sub-Committees to be convened by the Monitoring Officer or Director of Workforce, OD and Business Support as appropriate for determination of the above appeals referred to in paragraph 6 above. Such Sub-Committees to comprise a maximum of five (5) Members of the Council with a quorum of three (3) and as far as possible to reflect ethnicity and gender balance | The Monitoring Officer is authorised to make or amend Committee/ Sub-committee appointments in accordance with Section 24 of this Constitution.The Director of Workforce, OD and Business Support is authorised to appoint Members to Employee Appeals Sub-Committees in line with the Resources Directorate Scheme of Delegation as set out in the Supplementary Documents Pack |
7. To receive general update reports on employee appeals against dismissal and other Appeals processes and cases as required (as determined by the Director of Workforce, OD and Business Support) | None |
Quorum:3 Members of the Committee
Subsection 24.2.1:
Summary Description:Ad-hoc Sub-Committee of the Human Resources Committee which meets to determine senior officer appointments.
Membership:Membership will be selected afresh for each appointment process based on the Council’s proportionality calculations as agreed by the Human Resources Committee. At this time they consist of a sub-committee of 5 Councillors. Three nominated by the Leader of the Majority Aspire Group and two nominated by the Leader of the Opposition Labour Group.
Table of Functions
Functions | Delegation of Functions |
|---|---|
1.To determine Chief Officer and Deputy Chief Officer appointments. | None |
Quorum: Any three Members of the Sub-Committee.
Subsection 24.2.2:
Summary Description:An Ad-hoc Sub-Committee of the Human Resources Committee which meets to determine appeals by employees under human resources procedures requiring a member level decision such as appeals against dismissal.
Membership:A panel of three members will be appointed on an ad-hoc basis for each employee appeal from a pool of all Members and Substitutes of the Human Resources Committee.
Table of Functions
Functions | Delegation of Functions |
|---|---|
1. To determine appeals by employees requiring a Member level decision. | None |
Quorum:Any three Members of the Sub-Committee