Issue - meetings

TThe Cabinet Member for Finance, Performance and Core Services presented the Council’s draft Pay Policy Statement for 2021/22, in accordance with the requirements of the Localism Act 2011, which represented the expected position at 1 April 2021.

The Cabinet Member advised that the draft Statement had been considered and endorsed by the Cabinet at its meeting on 15 February 2021 and the Cabinet had also agreed to apply the uplift in the London Living Wage with effect from 9 November 2020, which increased the minimum hourly rate of pay for staff from £10.75 to £10.85 per hour.

The Assembly resolved to approve the Pay Policy Statement for the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham for 2021/22 as set out at Appendix A to the report, for publication on the Council’s website with effect from April 2021.

The Cabinet Member for Finance, Performance and Core Services presented the Council’s draft Pay Policy Statement for 2021/22, in accordance with the requirements of the Localism Act 2011, which represented the expected position at 1 April 2021.

The Cabinet Member advised that the draft Statement had been considered and endorsed by the Cabinet at its meeting on 15 February 2021 and the Cabinet had also agreed to apply the uplift in the London Living Wage with effect from 9 November 2020, which increased the minimum hourly rate of pay for staff from £10.75 to £10.85 per hour.

The Assembly resolved to approve the Pay Policy Statement for the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham for 2021/22 as set out at Appendix A to the report, for publication on the Council’s website with effect from April 2021.

he Cabinet Member for Finance, Performance and Core Services presented the Council’s draft Pay Policy Statement for 2021/22, in accordance with the requirements of the Localism Act 2011, which represented the expected position at 1 April 2021.

The Cabinet Member advised that the draft Statement had been considered and endorsed by the Cabinet at its meeting on 15 February 2021 and the Cabinet had also agreed to apply the uplift in the London Living Wage with effect from 9 November 2020, which increased the minimum hourly rate of pay for staff from £10.75 to £10.85 per hour.

The Assembly resolved to approve the Pay Policy Statement for the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham for 2021/22 as set out at Appendix A to the report, for publication on the Council’s website with effect from April 2021.

The Cabinet Member for Finance, Performance and Core Services introduced a report on the Council’s Pay Policy Statement for 2021/22.

The Cabinet Member advised that, as required by the Localism Act 2011, the Council must agree, before the start of the new financial year, a pay policy statement covering chief officer posts and other prescribed information.  The Council’s draft Pay Policy Statement for 2021/22, which was attached at Appendix A, set out the expected position at 1 April 2021.

The report also sought Cabinet’s approval to apply the uplift in the London Living Wage with effect from 9 November 2020, which increased the minimum hourly rate of pay from £10.75 to £10.85 per hour.

Cabinet resolved to:

(i)  Agree the implementation of the London Living Wage increase from £10.75 to £10.85 per hour for employees and apprentices operating in service areas covered by Green Book terms and conditions, with effect from 9 November 2020; and

(ii)  Recommend the Assembly to approve the Pay Policy Statement for the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham for 2021/22 as set out at Appendix A to the report, for publication on the Council’s website with effect from April 2021.