Agenda item

The Finance and Staffing Portfolio Holder received and noted a public report providing an analysis of staff absence due to sickness.

Councillor John Williams highlighted the need to monitor the effective costs involved. In reply, the Head of People and Organisational Development confirmed that the monetary figures within the report represented salary cost for the absent employee.  The figures did not include costs associated with covering the absence, such as temporary agency worker costs or overtime. The Portfolio Holder asked the Head of People and Organisational Development to keep him updated on a regular basis.

The Head of People and Organisational Development explained the process being established to improve the effective management of sickness absence.

The Finance and Staffing Portfolio Holder requested that, so far as was feasible, the corporate information provided to him should be broken down by service areas, and relevant information should be shared with the Portfolio Holders responsible for those services.