Agenda item

Job Families

Report of the Director of HR

Minutes:

The Committee considered a Report of the Director of HR concerning Job Families.

 

Members were of the view that the Report did not provide sufficient detail about the potential advantages of introducing Jobs Families and suggested that drawing comparisons with local authorities that operated a jobs families policy would be a helpful next step.

 

The Director of HR stressed that jobs families should not be seen in isolation, but it was an important component of HR’s upcoming overarching review of pay scales and grading, issues which had not been examined in several years. The first part of the Report would be submitted to Members later in 2019.

 

It was important expressed one Member, to start with identifying the problems; for instance, some chief officers, he added, particularly those that managed departments with a more commercial focus, had expressed frustration with the inflexibility of current Corporation wide policies. Once the problems had been determined, potential solutions, including jobs families, could be explored.  

 

The Chair added that a separate strategic session of the Committee focussed on Pay and Grading would be beneficial. The Director of HR would liaise with the Town Clerk in identifying an appropriate time for a session over the coming months.        

 

RESOLVED – that the Committed noted the Report.

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