Issue - meetings

(A report by James Gilbert, Assistant Director – Corporate)

The Leader of the Council, Councillor Dale Broughton, introduced the report and explained that the item sought approval for the next and final phase of aligning terms and conditions of employment across the South & East Lincolnshire Councils Partnership. Details of the SELCP Vehicle Purchase Assistance Policy, theSELCP Redundancy and Redeployment (extract) and the SELCP Time Off Policy (Appendix) were included within Appendices A – C.

Members were reminded that the earlier phases of alignment had already harmonised several key employment policies and had introduced a shared pay structure across the three Partnership councils. The proposals before Members represented the concluding stage of that programme. If approved, a 45?day consultation period with staff would be undertaken before final implementation.

The report also emphasised the important role of the Partnership workforce in sustaining service delivery and achieving efficiencies, and recorded thanks to staff for their continued dedication.

The recommendations were moved by Councillor Dale Broughton and seconded by Councillor Claire Rylott.

Resolved:

1.    That authority be delegated to the Head of Paid Service to lead the employment consultation(s) with the workforce, management and Chief Officers (excluding the Chief Executive); to further revise Terms and Conditions of employment to seek greater alignment across the South & East Lincolnshire Councils Partnership;

2.    That authority be delegated to the Head of Paid Service to implement revised Terms and Conditions (excluding those that impact the Chief Executive), after consultation taking into consideration any changes that arose through consultation from the workforce and unions, provided changes were less than or equal to that approved by Council (including approving any new policies and policy updates required for the implementation); and

3.    That an amendment to the Pay Policy Statement 2026/27 be approved, if following a period of consultation, the proposed changes were implemented as set out within the report, specifically for Boston Borough Council which would amend the details related to: ‘Redundancy and Severance Payments’.