Minutes:
Christina Hefferon, Assistant Director OD and HR, updated Members on the role of the Committee and Workforce issues for the year ahead.
Members were informed that Ms Hefferon had been in the post of Assistant Director since September 2015. The role was a new one for Slough Borough Council, and it was her remit to ensure there was a quality OD and HR structure in place within the Council moving forward. This included ensuring that the HR policies were improved to ensure polices were simpler and easy to follow and understand.
Workforce issues in the year ahead included further updates to HR polices, and the launch of the new Payroll and HR Agresso system. Information regarding these topics, and other issues that may arise during the year, would be brought to future meetings of the Committee.
Members were advised that a number of staff were returning to SBC employment, including library staff, and staff from Cambridge Education. From Cambridge Education, the majority would be moving to the Slough Children’s Services Trust, though the Council would retain a small team moving forward.
Members requested details of any impending redundancies. It was confirmed that there were currently a low number of redundancies being processed. However, Members were advised that it was important to note that in all instances, it was the post that was made redundant, and not the person. In such an instance, all efforts were made to redeploy the staff member to another role within the organisation.