Agenda item

Simplification of HR Processes

Report of the Director of Human Resources.

Minutes:

The Committee received a Report of the Director of HR concerning simplification of HR processes.

 

·         Members encouraged officers to keep bearing down on unnecessary complexities.

 

·         Members queried why no financial implications were set out in the paper, officers would review and update the Report in due course.

 

·         Officers confirmed that the Long Service Awards still took place, however, the associated lunches had been abandoned several years ago.

 

·         Officers confirmed that formal disciplinary hearings were still an option but were no longer viewed as a first step. Increasingly the department was seeing more individuals accepting penalties before their dispute reached a formal hearing.  

 

·         The Assistant Director of HR added that the first aid provision across the Guildhall complex had improved recently, thanks to officers focusing on training staff (such as the security personnel) that were positioned in the areas of Guildhall with the most footfall.

 

RESOLVED – that the Committee noted the Report.

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