Agenda and minutes

Personnel Appeals Panel - Wednesday 11 February 2009 9.30 am

Venue: Committee Room 6, Harrow Civic Centre, Station Road, Harrow, HA1 2XY. View directions

Contact: Vishal Seegoolam, Senior Democratic Services Officer  Tel: 020 8424 1883 E-mail:  vishal.seegoolam@harrow.gov.uk

Items
Note No. Item

PART I - RECOMMENDATIONS - NIL

PART II - MINUTES

97.

Appointment of Chairman

To appoint a Chairman for the purposes of this meeting.

Minutes:

 

RESOLVED:  That Councillor Lurline Champagnie be appointed as Chairman of the Panel for the purposes of this meeting.

98.

Declarations of Interest

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

Minutes:

 

RESOLVED:  To note that the following interests were declared:

 

Agenda Item

 

Member

Nature of Interest

5.     Grievance Appeal

Councillor Bob Currie

Personal interest in that Councillor Currie was a fully paid up member of UNISON.  Councillor Currie remained in the room during the discussion and decision making on this item.

 

99.

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).

100.

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.

Grievance Appeal

Paragraph 1 (relating to any individual).

 

Minutes:

 

RESOLVED:  That the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following item for the reason set out below:

 

Item

Title

 

Reason

5.

Grievance Appeal

This item contained information under Paragraph 1 of Part I of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972, relating to an individual.

 

Enc.

101.

Grievance Appeal

 

(i)         Procedure for Hearing (Pages 1 – 4).

(ii)        Grievance Procedure (Pages 5 – 10).

 

(iii)       Appellant’s Statement (Pages 11 – 16).

 

(iv)       Management’s Case Statement (Pages 17 – 21).

 

            Appendix One (Pages 22 – 25).

            Appendix Two (Pages 26 – 28).

            Appendix Three (Pages 29 – 32).

Minutes:

Following careful consideration of both the written and verbal evidence presented by the appellant and the management, the Panel

 

RESOLVED:  That (1) the appeal be upheld in part;

 

(2)  the relevant Divisional Director be made aware of a number of issues in relation to the case.