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Updated Pay Policy Statement for 2019/20

Meeting: 19/11/2019 - Flintshire County Council (Item 68)

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Decision:

That the Updated Pay Policy Statement for 2019/20 as appended to the report be approved.

Minutes:

The Chief Executive introduced the report and provided background information.  He explained that the Pay Policy Statement presented within the report was an amended version of the seventh annual Statement approved by the Council in January 2019.  It had been necessary to update the pay policy to reflect the changes to pay for a large proportion of the workforce as a result of a pay modelling exercise to accommodate Year Two (2019) of the NJC pay agreement.

 

The Senor Manager Human Resources and Organisational Development presented the main considerations, as detailed in the report.  She advised that having implemented the various national pay awards the Authority’s lowest evaluated rate of pay was £17,364 and the medium salary had increased to £19,554 and said the gender pay gap was closing.  She explained that only five sections of the pay policy had been amended.  Four were minor changes which reflected changes due to pay awards and improvement in the position around pay relativity.  She continued that the main change was in Section 11 – National Living Wage (NLW) and the introduction of the new pay model. 

 

The Senior Manager commented on the scope of work.  She said the effective date of the new pay model had been 1 April 2019 and it was implemented in July 2019 (backdated to April 2019).  An independent Equality Impact Assessment had been undertaken which in summary found the amendment to the pay and grading structure to be a positive development.

 

In response to a question from Councillor Bernie Attridge on the national living wage the Senior Manager commented on compliance with the national agreement and explained that the Council had been a living wage employer since April 2019.  

 

Councillor Richard Jones thanked the Senior Manager and her team for their work and acknowledged the commitment to stay within budget, manage the pay gender gap, and collaborative work undertaken with Trade Unions.

 

RESOLVED:

 

That the Updated Pay Policy Statement for 2019/20 as appended to the report be approved.