Issue - meetings

The HR Shared Services Manager presented a report on the Workforce Strategy Update which covered the period 2016-2020 and had previously been agreed at the Policy and Resources Committee held on 29 June 2016.  The presentation covered the following:-

·  To keep the Workforce Strategy as up to date as possible, it would not refer to specific paragraphs of any other Council strategies, just the strategies themselves.

·  The new MKS Director would be starting in April.

·  That careful consideration had been given to carrying on with the Investors in People Accreditation.

·  That the purpose of the Line Manager survey as set out in Appendix 2 to the report was used to assess what support those Managers needed to carry out their role effectively.

·  That Line Managers would be strongly encouraged to complete the Line Manager survey in the future.

·  Staff that do not have regular access to a computer were given the choice of either coming into the office to complete the staff survey online or receive a hard copy so they could fill it in by hand.

·  That a report would come to the next meeting of the Committee on the actual numbers of staff that responded to the staff survey.

During the discussion the Committee expressed their concern about the effectiveness of the Investors in People Accreditation, particularly the actual cost of the assessment process and what benefits and value it brought to the Council and its staff. 

RESOLVED:  That

1.  The Committee note the progress of the actions set out in the Workforce Strategy.

2.  The Committee requests that a report comes back to the next meeting evaluating for Investors in People best practice and to assess how the Council carries out its assessment for Investors in People Accreditation.

Voting:  For:  11  Against:  0  Abstentions:  0