Agenda item

Report of the Director of Human Resources.

The Committee received a Report of the Director of HR concerning the employee profile update for 2018-19.

·         The Chair welcomed the Report but asked why was it that the Corporation was not asking about all the Equality Act protected characteristics, namely:

-       gender reassignment

-       marriage and civil partnership

-       pregnancy and maternity

·         The Assistant Director of HR responded that part of the solution to this missing data was due to the delay in the rollout of the new HR System. Interim solutions were being established in the meantime.

·         After a discussion about the merits of setting targets for ensuring representation among the Corporation’s workforce reflected the working population, the Assistant Director responded that, whilst a lot more work needed to be done to reach all sections of society, targets are, inherently, difficult to define.

·         officers confirmed that staff have been informed about what constitutes disability under the 2010 Equality Act.

·         Members asked officers to carry a deep dive on two or three areas in the Report and present their findings to a future meeting of the Establishment Committee. Areas could include, for example, the gender pay gap and/or bonuses data.

RESOLVED – that the Committee noted the Report.