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County Councillor G Driver was replaced by County Councillor D O'Toole at this meeting. |
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Apologies Minutes: Apologies were received from County Councillors A Ali, D Borrow and C Pritchard. |
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Disclosure of Pecuniary and Non-Pecuniary Interests Members are asked to consider any Pecuniary and Non-Pecuniary Interests they may have to disclose to the meeting in relation to matters under consideration on the Agenda. Minutes: None. |
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Minutes of the Meeting held on 20 February 2017 To be confirmed, and signed by the chair. Minutes: Resolved: That the Minutes of the meeting held on 20 February 2017 be confirmed and signed by the Chair. |
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Global Renewables Lancashire Operations Limited Company HR Policy & Procedure Review Additional documents:
Minutes: The Committee considered a report on proposed amendments to the HR policies and procedures of Global Renewable Lancashire Operations Ltd. This followed a review of the HR policies and procedures by the Company.
Resolved:
That, subject where necessary to Trade Union consultation,
(i) the Overtime Policy and Whistleblowing Policy, as set out at Appendix 'B', be approved.
(ii) the implementation of the Overtime Policy and Whistleblowing Policy, as set out at Appendix 'B', be approved.
(iii) the 'Authority Matrix' which sets out the controls and approval arrangements in respect of company HR policies and procedures, as set out at Appendix 'C', be approved.
(iv) the policies and procedures listed in Table 1 of the report now presented be approved for implementation by the Company.
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Urgent Business An item of urgent business may only be considered under this heading where, by reason of special circumstances to be recorded in the Minutes, the Chair of the meeting is of the opinion that the item should be considered at the meeting as a matter of urgency. Wherever possible, the Chief Executive should be given advance warning of any Member’s intention to raise a matter under this heading. Minutes: None. |
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Date of Next Meeting The next meeting of the Committee will be held on 11 April 2017 at 10.00 a.m. at County Hall, Preston. Minutes: It was noted that the next meeting on 14 April 2017 might need to be rearranged. Officers would confirm the position in due course. |
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Exclusion of Press and Public The Committee is asked to consider whether, under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act, 1972, it considers that the public should be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following items of business on the grounds that there would be a likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in the appropriate paragraph of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act, 1972, as indicated against the heading to the item. Minutes: Resolved: That the press and members of the public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following items of business on the grounds that there would be a likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in the appropriate paragraph of Part I of Schedule 12 A to the Local Government Act 1972. It was considered that in all the circumstances the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighed the public interest in disclosing the information. |
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Compensation Payments Policy
(Not for Publication – Exempt information as defined in Paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act, 1972. It is considered that in all the circumstances of the case the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interests in disclosing the information). Minutes: (Exempt information as defined in Paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972. It is considered that in all the circumstances of the case the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information).
The Committee considered a report which proposed a new Compensation Payments Policy for the period of phase 2 of the Council's transformation process.
The new policy would replace the current Pay Protection Policy, Compensation for Compulsory reduction in Hours Policy and Excess Travel Policy.
Resolved:
That the draft Compensation Payments Policy, set out at Appendix 'A', be approved and backdated to 1 April 2016.
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Global Renewables Lancashire Operations Limited Company Pay Proposal January 2017
(Not for Publication – Exempt information as defined in Paragraphs 3 and 4 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act, 1972. It is considered that in all the circumstances of the case the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interests in disclosing the information). Minutes: (Exempt information as defined in Paragraphs 3 and 4 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972. It is considered that in all the circumstances of the case the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information).
The Committee considered a report on the outcome of the annual pay review for employees of Global Renewables Lancashire Operation Limited.
Resolved:
(i) That the pay proposal for employees of Global Renewables Lancashire Operation Limited, as set out at Appendix 'A', be approved and backdated to 1 January 2017.
(ii) That the pay proposal be implemented following Trade Union and employee consultation as from 1 January 2017.
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