Agenda item

A joint report of the Comptroller and City Solicitor and the Director of Human Resources relative to the annual review of the Protocol on Member/Officer Relations.

The Committee received a report of the Director of Human Resources on the annual review of the Protocol on Member / Officer Relations 2016/17.

The following matters were raised:-

·         The Chairman referred to two issues – firstly, how allegations of a breach of the Protocol should be dealt with where the individual then declines to make a complaint; and secondly, the need for the Committee to have before them a copy of the Employee Code of Conduct in considering the paper.

·         The Chairman suggested that, as the report before them did not currently cover these matters then consideration of the paper should be deferred in order for an updated report to be submitted by the Director of Human Resources at the next meeting. 

RESOLVED –That the Committee receive an updated report at their next meeting, to include comment on allegations of a breach of the Protocol where the individual then declines to make a complaint and for Members to have before them a copy of the Employee Code of Conduct.