14 Occupational Sick Pay for Crawley Homes' Contractor Staff
Housing Portfolio
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To consider report CH/184 of the Leader of the Council, which was referred to the meeting of the Overview and Scrutiny Commission on 24 June 2019.
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The Cabinet considered report CH/184 by the Leader of the Council. The Leader presented the report which sought to address the difference in occupational sick pay for contractors (as identified within the report), working within Crawley Homes compared to Council staff. He also explained the difference between the Council’s terms and conditions in relation to the occupational sick pay compared to that used by the identified Crawley Homes’ Contractor’s terms and conditions, along with rationale for the proposal, how those contracts could be varied and the associated implications.
Councillor Rana presented the Overview and Scrutiny Commission’s comments on the report to the Cabinet following consideration of the matter at its meeting on 24 June 2019. She informed the Cabinet that the Commission supported the proposal however there were split on the proposal following their in-depth discussion. The Cabinet noted the Commission.
Councillors Irvine and Mullins spoke as part of the discussion on the report.
RESOLVED
That the Cabinet
1. agrees, that is the Council’s intention to instruct by way of a contract variation its contractors working within Crawley Homes (as defined within the report), to pay occupational sick pay for its staff based on those contracts, in accordance with the Local Government employees’ scheme as set out in Appendix A of report CH/184
2. delegates the Head of Crawley Homes and the Head of Legal, Democracy and HR to amend the terms of the associated Crawley Homes contracts (as defined within the report) to require that our Contractors to pay the operatives engaged on the Crawley contracts occupational sick pay as set out in 2.2a.
(Generic Delegation 3 will be used to enact this recommendation.)
3. approves that in future procured major contracts include the principle of full occupational sick pay, subject to an assessment of the implications on a case by case basis.
That the Full Council be RECOMMENDED to increase the annual budget by £100,000 to cover the additional contract requirement
Reasons for the Recommendations
To enable the payment of occupational sick pay to Mears, MPS and Liberty staff engaged on the Crawley Homes contracts.