Meeting documents

To receive an update.

The Committee received an update via a presentation from the Director of Customers, Digital and Workforce.

The following points were highlighted:

There are a number of sub-workstreams or programmes within the People Workstream:

·       Behaviours & culture.

·       Organisational development through development of a single learning management system.

·       Organisational design with initial SLT consultations already taken place.

·       Payroll & HR management with single payment system (Mendip & Sedgemoor District Councils will be included from end October), move to a single finance system in MS Dynamics, and replacement system for SAP.

·       Senior Management Appointments & Recruitment.

·       Staff Terms & Conditions.

·       TUPE and organisational change.

·       Wellbeing and Ways of Working  through the Dynamic Working Strategy, Occupational Health, Employee Assistance, rapid access to physio and the Wellbeing Strategy..

·       Diversity and Inclusion including overseas workers.

·       Health and Safety with policies considered by trade unions.

·       Single recruitment system.

-       It was asked if there would be an Older People’s Strategy alongside the Young People’s Strategy, for employees in their 50s, 60s and older who are in the workforce. In response it was stated that the attractiveness of Somerset as a workplace should be emphasised in the recruitment process as well as physiological issues associated with homeworking. 

-       It was asked if a report/update on the first meeting of the Equalities and Diversity Committee could be brought to the a future committee meeting.

-       It was asked if lunchtime health activities for staff could be re-introduced and in response it was acknowledged that many of those had ceased during the pandemic  but could be re-started as more staff returned to the office as B Block reopened.

The Committee accepted the presentation, noting the enormity and complexity of the LGR process.