Agenda item

A report of the Comptroller & City Solicitor.

The Committee considered a report of the Comptroller and City Solicitor which had been submitted to the Establishment Committee on 18th September 2014 and provided an update in respect of Employment Tribunal cases that had been dealt with by the Comptroller and City Solicitor to the end of August 2014.

The Chairman advised those present that this information had previously been requested by the Committee following a discussion at an earlier meeting about the Employee Code of Conduct, of which the Committee maintained an overview; and the Member/Officer Protocol.  Some Members had requested clarification about the volume and nature of Employment Tribunals involving City Corporation employees and consequently this report set out the most recent details, although it was acknowledged that a covering report to the paper would have been helpful to Members.

Following a discussion about the content of the report and the justification for the information being submitted as a non-public report, it was agreed that a tailored report would be submitted to the Committee in the future, possibly as part of the Director of HR’s annual report to the Committee, setting out the relevant issues associated with the Member/Officer Protocol.  It was further agreed that, as far as possible, the issues falling within the remit of the Committee should be reported to Members in an appropriate format in the future.

Resolved:- That –

(i) the report be noted; and

(ii) the annual report of the Director of HR include relevant details concerning the Member/Officer Protocol and an overview of any Employment Tribunals pertaining to those issues within the scope of the Standards Committee.