Committee Agendas - 1 April 2026 - 31 March 2027

Notice of a Meeting of the HR Committee

Dear Councillor,

You are hereby summoned to attend a meeting of the HR Committee for Ruskington Parish Council which will be held on Friday 9 October 2026 at 9am at Ruskington Parish Office, 7-9 High Street North, Ruskington, NG34 9DY. Members of the public and press are welcome to attend. All members of the HR Committee are summoned to attend for the purpose of considering and resolving upon the business to be transacted at the meeting, as set out hereunder.

Agenda

1. To receive and accept apologies where valid reasons for absence have been given to the Parish Clerk prior to the meeting.

2. To receive declarations of interest and to consider applications for dispensations in relation to DPIs.

3.  To approve as a correct record the notes of the last HR Committee meeting held on 7 September 2026.

4.  To review the following policies and agree any amendments for recommending to Council.

   4.1. Complaints procedure

   4.2. Vexatious Complaints Policy

5. To receive information on changes to the Employment Rights Act 2025 from 30 October 2026 regarding employer’s responsibilities to sexual harassment and third part harassment in the workplace. 

6. To agree a date for the next HR Committee meeting. (Review of staff pay and pensions)

7. To resolve whether to exclude the public and press, in accordance with the Public Bodies (Admissions to Meetings) Act 1960, to discuss the sick pay and staffing matters below. Should this resolution be passed, members of the public and press will be required to leave the meeting. The meeting will end, and a further meeting of the Council will be convened immediately.

8. To consider staff health and wellbeing, consider ways to protect staff from harassment and intimation by members of the public, and agree any actions and expenditure required.

9. To consider the sick pay arrangements for employees following changes to sick pay legislation from 1. April 2026.

End of agenda.