Employee Terms and Conditions, and TUPE Measures
To receive an exempt verbal update from the Lead Member for HR & Workforce on employee terms and conditions, and TUPE measures.
Minutes:
The Committee
received a verbal updated from the Lead Member for HR & Workforce in
relation to employee terms and conditions, and TUPE measures. Cllr Peter Wharf, as the Lead Member, explained
that following a report on Terms and Conditions considered at the last meeting
of the Shadow Executive Committee on 17 December 2019 consultation had continued
with Trade Unions. It was noted that negotiations continued to arrive at a
final position before 1 April 2019. A
further review of Terms and Conditions would also be undertaken after the
beginning of the new Council to harmonise terms over an 18-24 month
period. It was noted that there were
areas where there had not yet been agreement.
Members discussed
progress on achieving agreement on redundancy multipliers for TUPE staff and
new employees. It was confirmed that this was an area which had not been
finalised. It was highlighted that it
was important to align TUPE employees from 1 April 2019, and it was confirmed
that further alignment of the multiplier with new staff had been extended from
12 to 18 months.
A consultation
response from Unison was shared at the meeting which provided further detail in
relation to outstanding issues. The letter is attached as an annexure to these
minutes. It was confirmed that
outstanding issues would be dealt with through continued negotiation through
delegated authority agreed at the last meeting of the Committee.
Confirmation was
provided that the Shadow Dorset Council must inform the sovereign councils of
changes to terms and conditions as part of the transfer of employment, together
with measures which were due to be consulted upon and confirmed in the next
couple of weeks.
Noted