Agenda and minutes

Apologies were received from Councillor Gareth Knight, substituted by Councillor Robert Leadenham.

Members are asked to disclose any interests in matters for consideration at the meeting.

There were none.

The public minutes of the meeting held on 11 March 2025 were proposed, seconded, and AGREED as an accurate record.

The Chairman notified the Committee that South Kesteven District Council secured the Excellence in Employee Engagement accolade in the 2025 Great British Workplace Wellbeing Awards. The Employment Committee congratulated the Wellbeing Team for the achievement.

To consider the Work Programme for 2025-26.

The Chairman notified the Committee of the following changes since the publication of the Work Programme:

-       A meeting of the Employment Committee had been arranged to facilitate the interviews for the independent person for the Standards Committee. The meeting was to be held on April 24^th, 2025.

-       The Employment Committee meeting provisionally planned for July 10^th had provisionally been moved to 2pm, July 9^th, 2025.

-       An update on the implementation of the Volunteer Policy had been added to the Work Programme as unscheduled, as had the Chief Executive and Director appraisals.    

It is likely that the press and public will be excluded during discussion of the following agenda item because of the likelihood that information that is exempt under paragraphs 1 and 2 of Schedule 12A of the Local government Act 1972 (as amended) would be disclosed to them.

It was proposed, seconded, and AGREED to exclude the press and public for the remainder of the meeting given the likelihood that information that was exempt under paragraphs 1 and 2 of Schedule 12A of the Local government Act 1972 (as amended) would be disclosed to them.

The exempt minutes of the meeting held 11 March 2025 were proposed, seconded, and AGREED as an accurate record.

The report seeks input and engagement from Members of the Employment Committee and the approval for the proposed Directors’ and Assistant Directors’ appraisal targets for 2025-2026.

Following deliberations, it was proposed, seconded, and AGREED that the Committee:

1. Considered the proposed targets to be included in the Directors’ and

Assistant Directors targets for 2025-2026 

2. Approved the South Kesteven District Council’s Directors’ and Assistant

Directors targets for 2025-2026 as attached in Appendix 1 and Appendix 2.

Following deliberations, it was proposed, seconded, and AGREED for the Committee to:

1. Accept the findings of the report prepared by East Midlands Councils and

increase the Chief Executive’s salary by a suitable percentage to achieve

parity with the upper quartile level of comparator councils

2. Request Officers explore options for moving from a ‘single pay point’ to a

‘salary grade’ for the Chief Executive.

An action for the Head of Paid Service was agreed and is contained within an exempt note.