Agenda item

Councillor Dawood, having declared a personal and prejudicial interest in the following item, withdrew from the room for the remainder of the meeting.

PRIVATE SESSION

RESOLVED:

that the press and public be excluded during consideration of the following reports in accordance with the provisions of Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, as amended, because they involved the likely disclosure of ‘exempt’ information, as defined in the Paragraph detailed below of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act and taking all the circumstances into account, it is considered that the public interest in maintaining the information as exempt outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

IMPLEMENTING THE LOCAL PAY AND GRADING REVIEW (SINGLE STATUS)

Paragraph 4

Information relating to any consultations or negotiations, or contemplated consultations or negotiations, in connection with any labour relations matter arising between the authority or a Minister of the Crown and employees of, or office holders under, the authority.

Paragraph 5

Information in respect of which a claim to legal professional privilege could be maintained in legal proceedings.

IMPLEMENTING THE LOCAL PAY AND GRADING REVIEW (SINGLE STATUS)

The Leader agreed that this item would be considered as urgent business as the report had only recently been finalised and could not be deferred because to do so would avoid a delay in implementation and result in subsequent costs to the Council.

The Human Resources Director submitted a report that brought Cabinet up to date with developments on Implementing the Local Pay and Grading Review (Single Status).

RESOLVED:

that Cabinet approves the recommendations detailed in paragraph 3 of the report.