Issue - meetings

To agree the future approach for the Council’s Severance Policy.

The Council considered the Council report regarding the future approach for the Council’s Severance Policy.

On the proposition of Councillor Ward, Executive Member for Finance, Resources and Assets, seconded by Councillor McLean it was

RESOLVED that

i)          the use of actual weekly pay levels for redundancy purposes be retained;

ii)         the policy of paying statutory weeks only to those with immediate access to pension be retained;

iii)         the current x 2.5 multiplier of the statutory table for those with no immediate access to pension be reduced to a multiplier of x 1.75;

iv)        the policy of awarding added years to pensions only in exceptional circumstances be continued; and

v)         the new policy take effect from 1 December 2011.

Councillors Mrs Temperton and Ms Brown requested that their votes against part iii) of the motion be recorded.