Issue details

Each year consideration is given to the headquarters office closure for the holiday period coving Christmas and New Year.  The decision is based on the need to maintain service levels for customers whilst balancing the desire of staff to take holiday and the efficient use of the building during this period.   In addition to the normal public holiday days of 25, 26 December and 1 January, South Cambridgeshire District Council employees are also entitled to two extra statutory holidays.  There is also a discretionary concessionary day which management can allocate to facilitate continued closure of the offices.

The Christmas holiday this year is as follows:

Tuesday 25 December

Wednesday 26 December

New Years Day is Tuesday of the following week.

In the interests of the efficient running of the building SMT are recommending that staff will work a normal day on Monday 24 (Christmas Eve) and the offices will then close from Tuesday 25 for the remainder of the week.

Utilising the concessionary day, SMT recommend that the office remains closed on Monday 31 Dec and Tuesday 1 January.  The offices will reopen on Wednesday 2 January.

During this period of closure the public will access council services using emergency numbers and the contact centre.  The recommendation is to approve these Christmas holiday arrangements for staff at the Cambourne Headquarters in line with the recommendations of SMT on 4 July 2007. Separate arrangements for ‘out of Cambourne’ staff will be decided by relevant operational managers.