Agenda and minutes

Personnel Appeals Panel - Tuesday 10 February 2015 11.00 am

Venue: Committee Room 3, Harrow Civic Centre, Station Road, Harrow, HA1 2XY. View directions

Contact: Maria Farrell, Democratic & Electoral Services Officer  Tel: 020 8424 1367 E-mail:  maria.farrell@harrow.gov.uk

Items
No. Item

1.

Appointment of Chair

To appoint a Chair for the purposes of this meeting.

Minutes:

RESOLVED:  That Councillor Ms Pamela Fitzpatrick be appointed Chair of the Personnel Appeals Panel.

2.

Declarations of Interest

To receive declarations of disclosable pecuniary or non pecuniary interests, arising from business to be transacted at this meeting, from all Members of the Panel.

Minutes:

RESOLVED:  To note that there were no declarations of interests made by Members.

3.

Minutes

[Note:  Personnel Appeals Panel minutes are:-

 

(1)               approved following each meeting by the Members serving on that particular occasion and signed as a correct record by the Chairman for that meeting;

(2)               not submitted to the next panel meeting for approval.

 

Reasons: The Personnel Appeals Panel is constituted from a pooled membership.  Consequently, a subsequent Panel meeting is likely to comprise a different Chairman and Members who took no part in the previous meeting’s proceedings.  The process referred to at (1) above provides appropriate approval scrutiny].

Minutes:

(See Note at conclusion of these minutes).

4.

Exclusion of the Press and Public

To resolve that the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business, on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of confidential information in breach of an obligation of confidence, or of exempt information as defined in Part I of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972:

 

Agenda Item No

 

Title

Description of Exempt Information

5.

Disciplinary Hearing

Information under paragraph 1 of Part I of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972, relating to any individual.

 

Minutes:

RESOLVED:  That in accordance with Part I of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following item(s) for the reasons set out below:

 

Item

Title

 

Reason

5.

Disciplinary Hearing

Information under paragraph 1 (contains information relating to any individual).

 

RESOLVED ITEMS

5.

Disciplinary Hearing

Appellant’s Case Statement:

 

  • Appendix 1 – page 17
  • Appendix 2 – page 23
  • Appendix 3 – page 64
  • Appendix 4 – page 78
  • Appendix 5 – page 79
  • Appendix 6 – page 81
  • Appendix 7 – page 85
  • Appendix 8 – page 87
  • Appendix 9 – page 93
  • Appendix 10 – page 97
  • Appendix 11 – page 105
  • Appendix 12 – page 106

 

Management Case Statement

 

  • Appendix 1a – page 117
  • Appendix 1b – page 121
  • Appendix 1c – page 123
  • Appendix 2 – page 142
  • Screenshot 1 – page 147
  • Screenshot 2 – page 148
  • Screenshot 3 – page 149
  • Screenshot 4 – page 150
  • Screenshot 5 – page 151
  • Appendix 3 – page 152
  • Appendix 4 – page 162
  • Appendix 5 – page 166
  • Appendix 6 – page 168

Minutes:

The Panel carefully considered both the written and verbal evidence provided by the appellant’s representative and management.

 

RESOLVED:  That the appeal be upheld, and that the sanction be reduced from dismissal to a final written warning.