Decision details

RESOLVED:

(1)  That a report on employee relations be considered at a later meeting of the committee, providing information on the council’s process for resolving employment disputes; the council’s phased return to work policy; the updating of the council’s HR policies, and their conformity with ACAS guidelines; the numbers of long-term agency staff; the employment profile of schools in Lewisham; the proportion of non-voluntary leavers that are dismissals and the different categories of dismissal; and the numbers of staff who take shared parental leave.

(2)  That representatives from all three staff unions be invited to attend the meeting for this item to contribute to the discussion.