Issue - meetings

The Cabinet Member for Finance, Growth and Investment presented the draft Pay Policy Statement for the Council for 2017/18 which set out the key elements of the Council’s pay policy, as required by the Localism Act 2011.

It was noted that the Cabinet had considered the report at its meeting on 13 February 2017 and, in recommending it to the Assembly, also agreed to apply the uplift in the London Living Wage with effect from 31 October 2016, which increased the minimum hourly rate of pay from £9.40 to £9.75 per hour.

The Assembly resolved to approve the Pay Policy Statement for the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham for 2017/18 as set out at Appendix A to the report, for publication on the Council’s website with effect from April 2017.

The Cabinet Member for Finance, Growth and Investment presented the draft Pay Policy Statement for the Council for 2017/18 which set out the key elements of the Council’s pay policy, as required by the Localism Act 2011.

In line with the Council’s commitment to pay its workers no less than the London Living Wage rate, the Cabinet Member referred to the proposed increase to the minimum rate of pay, from £9.40 to £9.75 per hour, with effect from 31 October 2016.  The Cabinet Member also confirmed that the Chief Executive had achieved his objective to reduce the cost of the ‘top 5%’ within the organisation by £1m from the baseline position as at May 2015, with permanent establishment costs set to be £1.036m lower on 1 April 2017.

The Cabinet resolved to recommend the Assembly to:

(i)  Agree the implementation of the London Living Wage increase from £9.40 to £9.75 per hour with effect from 31 October 2016; and

(ii)  Recommend the Assembly to approve the Pay Policy Statement for the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham for 2017/18 as set out at Appendix A to the report, for publication on the Council’s website with effect from April 2017.