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Agenda item

Human Resources (Employment) & Health and Safety Policies

Purpose:

To update the Executive relating to the refresh of all Employment and Health & Safety policies for WODC.

 

Recommendations:

That the Executive Resolves to:

a)    Request that the Constitution Working Group considers the expansion of the terms of reference of the Performance and Appointments Committee to include responsibility for the adoption and amendment of Employment and Health and Safety Policies.

b)    Recommend that Council adopts the twenty-six Employment and Health & Safety Policies (included in Annex A).

c)      Recommend to Council to delegate authority to the Chief Executive, in consultation with the Leader of the Council and the Director of Governance, to approve subsequent amendments to any West Oxfordshire District Council employment policies that may be necessary, in line with legal changes and best practice, to ensure the Councils policies remain compliant.

Minutes:

Councillor Andy Graham, Leader of the Council, introduced and gave an overview of the report, which updated the Executive on plans relating to the refresh of all Employment and Health & Safety policies for West Oxfordshire District Council.

Councillor Andy Graham proposed that the Executive agree to the recommendations as listed on the report. This was seconded by Councillor Andrew Prosser, was put to a vote, and was agreed unanimously by the Executive.

The Executive Resolved to:

  1. Request that the Constitution Working Group considers the expansion of the terms of reference of the Performance and Appointments Committee to include responsibility for the adoption and amendment of Employment and Health and Safety Policies;
  2. Recommend that Council adopts the twenty-six Employment and Health & Safety Policies (included in Annex A of the original report);
  3. Recommend to Council to delegate authority to the Chief Executive, in consultation with the Leader of the Council and the Director of Governance, to approve subsequent amendments to any West Oxfordshire District Council employment policies that may be necessary, in line with legal changes and best practice, to ensure the Councils policies remain compliant.

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