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Meeting Summary
Personnel Appeals and Applied Conditions of Service Appeals Panel.
29 Aug 2019 - 09:30 to 17:00
Occurred
Corporate Meeting Room 1
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Agenda

Agenda
Notification
Committee Members
Membership
Councillor Jennifer Marion Adam-McGregor; Councillor Bill Brown, Councillor Andy Doig, Councillor Audrey Doig, Councillor Lisa-Marie Hughes, Councillor Cathy McEwan and Councillor John McNaughtan.
Standard Items
CONFIDENTIAL

Please note that the information contained in reports for this meeting is exempt from publication and is provided in strictest confidence to members of this Personnel Appeals and Applied Conditions of Service Appeals Panel.

 

The information is for consideration at the meeting and must not be disclosed, copied or otherwise processed for any purpose.  All documents must be returned to the Clerk when the meeting ends.

Items Of Business
Apologies
Apologies from members.
Declarations of Interest
Members are asked to declare an interest in any item(s) on the agenda and to provide a brief explanation of the nature of the interest.
There were no declarations of interest intimated prior to the commencement of the meeting.
1 Finance & Resources

Appeal against dismissal.

 

Return of Reports

Reports for this item are confidential and must be returned to the Clerk at the close of business for secure disposal.

 

1

Consideration was given to an appeal submitted by an employee of Finance & Resources following her dismissal from the Council’s employment on the grounds of lack of capability. 

The appellant appeared together with J Boylan (UNISON) in relation to the appeal. A MacArthur, Head of Finance and K Clark, Principal HR Adviser (both Finance & Resources) represented management.

Following a request, it was agreed by the Panel and representatives of the management side that supplementary papers submitted on behalf of the appellant be circulated to those present.

A MacArthur presented the management case. 

Adjournment

The meeting adjourned at 11.25am and resumed at 11.35am

L Dickie, Finance Manager, was called as a witness and the appellant’s side and members of the Panel had an opportunity to question the witness and evidence presented.

In response to a request from the appellant’s representatives the Panel and management representatives agreed to a change in the meeting procedure to allow the evidence of J McIntyre, Assistant Business Partner, one of the witnesses for the appellant, to be heard prior to the appellant’s case being formally presented as he was unavailable to attend in the afternoon. Thereafter, the management side and members of the Panel had an opportunity to question the witness and evidence presented.

Adjournment

The meeting adjourned at 12.50pm and resumed at 13.30pm.

J Boylan, UNISON, presented the appellant’s case and called S Hicks, Branch Officer UNISON as a witness.  Thereafter, the management side and members of the Panel had an opportunity to question the witness and evidence presented.

Both sides summed up their position and then withdrew to allow the Panel to consider the matter and reach a decision.

Following discussion, it was the Panel’s decision that the grounds of the appeal had not been substantiated and that the appeal was not upheld.  Both parties re-entered the meeting room and were informed of the decision by the Convener.

DECIDED: That the grounds of the appeal were not substantiated and that the appeal was not upheld.

 

 
EXCLUSION OF PRESS AND PUBLIC
The Board may by resolution exclude the press and public from the meeting during consideration of the following items of business as it is likely, in view of the nature of the business to be transacted, that if members of the press and public are present, there could be disclosure to them of exempt information as defined in paragraph 1 of Part I of Schedule 7A of the Local Government (Scotland) Act, 1973.
The Appeals Panel resolved that the press and public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following item of business as it was likely, in view of the nature of the business to be transacted, that if members of the press and public were present, there would be disclosure to them of exempt information as defined in paragraph 1 of Part I of Schedule 7A of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973.

Attendance

Attended - Other Members
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Apologies
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Absent
NameReason for Absence
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Declarations of Interests

Member NameItem Ref.DetailsNature of DeclarationAction
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