Agenda item

Report of the Director of Human Resources and the Chamberlain.

The Committee received a joint report of the Chamberlain and Director of Human Resources concerning funding options for maternity, adoption and shared parental pay which it had requested following the recent policy change with regards to the increased pay provisions.

Members expressed concern that individual departments were to continue to meet the full costs of the provision, which they felt should be funded by a central budget.

In particular it was felt that some departments, with an above average number of female employees, were being unfairly hit compared to other departments.

After a lengthy debate, members agreed that these payments should be funded centrally rather that by local risk budgets, recognising that a central budget would need to be top sliced from all departmental budgets.

The Chamberlain advised that this would require a late adjustment to the budget but agreed to bring a report back to the Committee to implement Members’ decision.

RESOLVED  - That a report proposing that maternity, adoption and shared parental pay be met from a central budget be brought back to the Committee to implement Members’ decision.