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Meeting Summary
Joint Consultative Board (Non-Teaching)
3 Apr 2025 - 15:00 to 16:00
Occurred
Via Teams Platform
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  • Attendance
  • Visitors
  • Declarations of Interests

Documents

Agenda

Agenda
Notification
Committee Members
Members
Councillor Audrey Doig (Convener): Councillor Fiona Airlie-Nicolson (Depute Convener):
Councillor Chris Gilmour: Councillor Lisa-Marie Hughes: Councillor Sam Mullin:
Representing APT&C Staff
M Ferguson (and 5 APT&C Staff)

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

Standard Items
Further Information - online meetings only

This meeting is on-line only but is a meeting which is open to members of the public by prior arrangement. 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 email democratic-services@renfrewshire.gov.uk

Meeting Link

The recording of this meeting can be accessed via the following link:

https://youtu.be/VguSXQ7Eqxw

Items Of Business
Apologies
Apologies from members.
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.
1 Health, Safety and Wellbeing Activities
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 February 2025.

The Strategic Lead Partner (Health & Safety) advised that the “bet you can help” strategy for assistance with gambling issues was in the process of being rolled out as an ILearn module. He also advised that there were currently 91 mental health first aiders, that there would be promotion of the scheme in early learning centres and schools with a view to achieving a sufficient increase in numbers of mental health first aiders that one would be located in every council building, at present each Service of the Council was represented by at least one mental health first aider.  A digital wellbeing resource was also planned.

The Strategic Lead Partner (Health & Safety) was heard in response to questions on the report.

DECIDED:  That the report be noted.

2 Details of Grievances
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 eight grievances as at April 2025, a decrease  of two cases since the last meeting of this Board in February 2025.

The HR Manager was heard in response to questions on the report.

DECIDED: That the report be noted.

3 Agency Workers
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 of February 2025 and which detailed the capacity and Services in which they were engaged.  
The report advised that as at February 2025, 141 agency workers were employed across all Council Services, a decrease of 15 agency workers since the last meeting of this Board in February 2025.

The HR Manager was heard in response to questions on the report.

DECIDED:  That the report be noted.

4 Date of Next Meeting
That the next meeting of the JCB (Non Teaching) be held on 12 June 2025.
4
DECIDED: That it be noted that the next meeting of the JCB (Non-Teaching) would be held at 3pm on 12 June 2025 via the Teams platform.

Attendance

Attended - Other Members
Name
No other member attendance information has been recorded for the meeting.
Apologies
NameReason for Sending Apology
No apology information has been recorded for the meeting.
Absent
NameReason for Absence
No absentee information has been recorded for the meeting.

Declarations of Interests

Member NameItem Ref.DetailsNature of DeclarationAction
Councillor Chris Gilmour1,2,3Councillor Gilmour indicated that he had a connection to items 1,2 and 3 of the agenda as he was a member of the Unite unionPersonalHowever, 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 Hughes1,2,3Councillor Hughes indicated that she had a connection to items 1,2 and 3 of the agenda as he was a member of the Unison union.PersonalHowever, she indicated that she had applied the objective test and did not consider he 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 Mullin1,2,3Councillor Mullin indicated that he had a connection to items 1,2 and 3 of the agenda as he was a member of the GMB unionPersonalHowever, 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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