Documents
Agenda
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)
Hybrid Meeting
Please note that this meeting is scheduled to be held in the Council Chambers. However, it is a hybrid meeting and arrangements have been made for members to join the meeting remotely should they wish.
Items Of Business
Apologies
Apologies from members.
Councillor Hughes; Councillor Mullin; G Cochrane (UNITE) and J Boylan (Unison).
Declarations of Interest and Transparency Statements
Members are asked to declare an interest or make a transparency statement in any item(s) on the agenda and to provide a brief explanation of the nature of the interest or the transparency statement.
Report by Director of Finance & Resources.
1
There was submitted a report by the Director of Finance & Resources relative to developments in relation to health, safety and wellbeing issues since the previous meeting of the Joint Consultative Board (Non-Teaching), held on 13 June 2024.
Unison representatives advised that there were still concerns regarding facilities for Home Care staff.
The Strategic Lead Partner (Health & Safety) advised that this had previously been discussed with Unions and both had agreed that a Working Group be set up to discuss the concerns and find a resolution to this matter, a report would be submitted to the next meeting of this Committee to be held on 21 November 2024 to advise of the findings of the Working Group.
DECIDED:
(a) That a report be submitted to the next meeting of the Joint Consultative Board (Non Teaching) to be held on 21 November 2024 regarding the findings of the Working Group on Home Care workers facilities; and
(b) That the report and verbal updates be noted.
Report by Director of Finance & Resources.
2
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 and indicated that there were a total of 14 grievances as at September 2024, an increase of eight cases since the last meeting of this Board in June 2024.
DECIDED: That the report be noted.
Report by Director of Finance & Resources.
3
There was submitted a report by the Director of Finance & Resources relative to the number of agency staff employed within the Council as at 31 August 2024 and detailing the capacity and Services in which they were engaged. The report advised that as at 31 August 2024, 111 agency workers were employed across all Council Services, a decrease of 56 agency workers since June 2024. Renfrewshire Health & Social Care Partnership employed 71 of those agency workers.
The HR Manager was heard in answer to questions on the report and was requested to bring further information on the breakdown of numbers relative to posts and staff to the next meeting of the Joint Consultative Board (Non Teaching) to be held on 21 November 2024.
DECIDED:
(a) That a detailed report relative to agency worker posts and staff numbers be submitted to the next meeting of the Joint Consultative Board (Non Teaching) to be held on 21 November 2024; and
(b) That the report and verbal updates be noted
4
Date of Next Meeting
That the next meeting of the JCB (Non Teaching) be held on 21 November 2024.
4
Councillor Doig requested that all future meetings of the JCB (Non Teaching) be held via the Teams Platform. This was agreed unanimously.
DECIDED: That it be noted that the next meeting of the JCB (NonTeaching) would be held at 3pm on 21 November 2024 and agreed that all future meetings would be held via the Teams platform.
Attendance
Declarations of Interests
| Councillor Chris Gilmour | 1,2,3 | Councillor Gilmour indicated that he had a connection to items 1,2 and 3 of the agenda as he was a member of the Unite union | Personal | However, 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. |
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