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Joint Consultative Board (Non-Teaching)
25 Jan 2023 - 15:00 to 16:30
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  • Visitors
  • Declarations of Interests

Documents

Agenda

Agenda
Notification
Membership Section
Standard Items
Representing APT&C Staff
M Ferguson (and 5 APT&C Staff)

 


Representing Manual Workers
Manual Spokesperson (and 4 Representatives of Manual Trade Unions)

 


Further Information

This is a meeting which is open to members of the public. 

A copy of the agenda and reports for this meeting will be available for inspection prior to the meeting at the Customer Service Centre, Renfrewshire House, Cotton Street, Paisley and online at http://renfrewshire.cmis.uk.com/renfrewshire/CouncilandBoards.aspx

For further information, please either email
democratic-services@renfrewshire.gov.uk

Items Of Business
1
It was proposed and agreed that Councillor Audrey Doig chair the meeting.

DECIDED: That Councillor Audrey Doig chair the meeting. 

2 Apologies
Apologies from members.
2
L Kilicaslan, Senior Manager for CAH Services, Renfrewshire Health and Social Care
Partnership; G Cochrane, UNITE; A Canning and G McLean (both GMB).
3 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.
Report by Director of Finance & Resources.
4

There was submitted a report by the Director of Finance & Resources relative to
health, safety and wellbeing issues since the previous meeting of the Joint Consultative Board (Non Teaching) on 15 November 2022.

The Health & Safety Team continued to work collaboratively with key stakeholders, to
ensure risks were assessed, review policies and guidance, support front line services
in the delivery of emergency and prioritised work, evaluate contractors' and suppliers'
health and safety documentation when applying for contracts, respond to Freedom of
Information requests, produce health and wellbeing guidance to support the
workforce, and review all injury accidents occurring within the Council.   

DECIDED: That the report be noted.

 

Report by Director of Finance & Resources.
  1. pdf Absence Stats (246Kb)
5
There was submitted a report by the Director of Finance & Resources relative to the Council’s absence statistics for quarter 2, 1 July to 30 September 2022

The report provided information in relation to absence targets and how Services and categories of staff had performed against them. An analysis of the reasons for absence for the period was included within the report. Information was also provided on supporting attendance activity levels by Service and the overall number of days lost.

The absence statistics were broken down by service and category of staff, reasons for absence and progress made by services in relation to their supporting attendance action plans.

DECIDED: That the report on absence statistics for the second quarter of 2022 be noted.
Report by Director of Finance & Resources.
6
There was submitted a report by the Director of Finance & Resources relative to the
number of grievances received.

The report provided information on grievances at both the informal and formal stages.
The report indicated that there were a total of 10 grievances as at January 2023,
which was a decrease of one case since the last meeting of this Board.

DECIDED: That the report be noted. 

 

Report by Director of Finance & Resources.
7
There was submitted a report by the Director of Finance & Resources relative to the
number of agency staff employed within the Council as at December 2022 and
detailing the capacity and Services in which they were engaged. The report advised
that as at December 2022, 168 agency workers were employed across all Services,
and that this was an increase of 28 agency workers since November 2022.

DECIDED
:
That the report be noted. 
The next meeting of the JCB Non-Teaching is scheduled to be held at 3 pm on 15th March 2023.
8
DECIDED: That it be noted that the next meeting of the JCB (Non-Teaching) was scheduled to be held at 3pm on 15 March 2023. 

Attendance

Name
No other member attendance information has been recorded for the meeting.
NameReason for Sending Apology
No apology information has been recorded for the meeting.
NameReason for Absence
No absentee information has been recorded for the meeting.

Declarations of Interests

Member NameItem Ref.DetailsNature of DeclarationAction
Councillor Chris Gilmour4,5,6,7Councillor Gilmour indicated that he had a connection to items 4, 5, 6 and 7 of the agenda as he was a member of the Unite Union.Non-Pecuniary He indicated that he had applied the objective test and did not consider he had an interest and intimated that it was his intention to remain in the meeting and to take part in any discussion or voting thereon.
Councillor Lisa-Marie Hughes4,5,6,7Councillor Hughes indicated that she had a connection to items 4, 5, 6 and 7 of the agenda as she was a member of the Unison Union.PecuniaryShe indicated that she had applied the objective test and did not consider she had an interest and intimated that it was her intention to remain in the meeting and to take part in any discussion or voting thereon.
Councillor Sam Mullin4,5,6,7Councillor Mullin indicated that he had a connection to items 4, 5, 6 and 7 of the agenda as he was a member of the Unison Union.Non-PecuniaryHe indicated that he had applied the objective test and did not consider he had an interest and intimated that it was his intention to remain in the meeting and to take part in any discussion or voting thereon.

Visitors

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