Issue - meetings

All local authorities are required to publish their Pay Policy Statement by April annually. The Pay Policy Statement presented within this report is the tenth annual Statement published by Flintshire County Council.

(a)          That County Council approves the appended draft Pay Policy Statement for 2022/23; and

(b)          That County Council delegates authority to the Corporate Manager, People and Organisational Development to update the Pay Policy Statement 2022/23 during the course of the year to reflect any changes required by legislation, Government policy or national negotiations so that it remains accurate and current.

In presenting the report, the Corporate Manager (People and Organisational Development) reported that this was the 10^th Annual Pay Policy Statement and reflected the current arrangements regarding pay.  Information was provided on the policies for 2021/22 in a number of key areas, which were similar to previous annual reports.  There were no changes to principles but in lieu of updated Welsh Government (WG) guidance and changes to legislation several sections had been added, updated, or removed and these were outlined.

            Councillor Clive Carver moved the recommendations which were seconded by Councillor Geoff Collett.

RESOLVED:

(a)          That County Council approves the appended draft Pay Policy Statement for 2022/23; and

(b)          That County Council delegates authority to the Corporate Manager, People and Organisational Development to update the Pay Policy Statement 2022/23 during the course of the year to reflect any changes required by legislation, Government policy or national negotiations so that it remains accurate and current.