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Name: HR Committee
Start: 2024-09-05T09:00:00Z
End: 2024-09-05T13:00:00Z
Location: Council Chamber - Appletree Court, Beaulieu Road, Lyndhurst, SO43 7PA

HR Committee - New Forest

Agenda

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Minutes

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Meeting Times

Scheduled Time

Start:
Thursday, 5th September 2024
10:00 AM

End:
Thursday, 5th September 2024
2:00 PM

Meeting Status

Status:
Confirmed

Date:
05 Sep 2024

Location:
Council Chamber - Appletree Court, Beaulieu Road, Lyndhurst, SO43 7PA

Meeting Attendees

Independent

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Chairman

Leader of the Council

Cllr Jill Cleary

Conservative

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Committee Member

Cllr Colm McCarthy

Liberal Democrat

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Agenda

0 Apologies

1 Minutes

To confirm the minutes of the meeting held on 13 June 2024 as a correct record.

2 Declarations of Interest

To note any declarations of interest made by members in connection with an agenda item. The nature of the interest must also be specified.

Members are asked to discuss any possible interests with Democratic Services prior to the meeting.

3 Public Participation

To receive any public participation in accordance with the Council’s public participation scheme.

4 HR Update

To receive an overview of the work undertaken within the HR Service in addition to re-active casework.

Attachments:

Document HR Update Report Sept 24 28 Aug 2024

5 Review of Travel

To note proposed changes to the Council staff Essential Car User Scheme and the Travel Policy.

Attachments:

Document Review of Travel September 24 - updated 28 Aug 2024
Document Appendix 1 - Essential User Data 28 Aug 2024
Document Appendix 2 - Responses to Mini Survey Business Travel 28 Aug 2024
Document Appendix 3 Travel Policy August 2024 28 Aug 2024

6 Health and Wellbeing Attendance Management 2023 - 2024

To receive a summary of the Council’s sickness absence rate in the previous 12 months and actions taken to manage attendance.

Attachments:

Document Health & Wellbeing Mgt 2023-2024 28 Aug 2024

7 Corporate Health and Safety Report (Q1 2024 - 2025)

To note work undertaken by the Corporate Health and Safety team in Q1 2024 – 2025, including various policy reviews, feedback from service safety panels and working groups, together with accident and incident statistics.

Attachments:

Document Health and Safety Q1 Report 2024-2025 28 Aug 2024
Document Appendix 1 – Draft H&SP03 – Corporate Control of Asbestos Policy 28 Aug 2024
Document Appendix 2 – Draft H&SP02 Corporate Control of Contractors Policy 28 Aug 2024
Document Appendix3 - Draft Corporate Lone Working Policy 28 Aug 2024
Document Appendix 4 – Noise Exposure Report 28 Aug 2024
Document Appendix 5 – Corporate Accident Incident Report Q1 24 – 25 28 Aug 2024
Document Appendix 6 – LMS H&S Training Report Q1 2024 – 2025 28 Aug 2024

8 Dates of Future meetings

To agree the following dates for meetings in 2025/26 (Thursdays at 10am):

2025

19 June

11 September

2026

8 January

12 March

9 Any other items which the Chairman decides are urgent

Previous Meetings

12th May 2025

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13th Mar 2025

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9th Jan 2025

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5th Sep 2024

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13th Jun 2024

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13th May 2024

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21st Mar 2024

HR Committee

11th Jan 2024

HR Committee

14th Sep 2023

HR Committee

8th Jun 2023

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Future Meetings

19th Jun 2025

HR Committee

11th Sep 2025

HR Committee

8th Jan 2026

HR Committee

12th Mar 2026

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