Agenda item

Report of the Director of Human Resources.

The Committee received a report of the Director of Human Resources which provided Members with information from the Corporate Human Resources Dashboard.

Members noted there was some information missing within the dashboards such as reference to e-learning courses and course cancellation costs. The Director of Human Resources agreed that this information would be circulated to Members via email.

In response to a Member’s query on reducing the high number of unoccupied positions listed within the dashboards, the Director of Human Resources confirmed that work was being carried out in this area and departments had been asked to delete obsolete posts from the system, particularly when restructures had taken place.

In response to a Member’s query on sickness caused by stress, the Director of Human Resources confirmed that the City of London Corporation has a number of measures in place to manage and help alleviate sickness caused by work-related stress.

During a discussion of whether other Committees should receive the relevant dashboards, the following comments were raised:

·         Service committees in addition to the Establishment Committee should have the opportunity to view the dashboards for their areas in order to see what resources were available;

·         the issue of confidentiality arose and it was noted that whilst the dashboards were public reports, if the dashboards were to be circulated to other committees, any information that could potentially identify individuals would need to be removed first;

·         that in order for the data within the dashboards to be meaningful, comparison data should be available to provide context and for interpretation purposes; and

·         a Member suggested that the frequency of dashboard reporting to the Establishment Committee be reduced from quarterly to biannual, but instead of the three dashboards currently provided, that dashboards for all 19 City of London Corporation departments be made available.

The Committee asked the Town Clerk to consider the comments raised by Members.

RESOLVED – That the Committee note the report.