CAMBRIDGE CITY COUNCIL

To: Councillors Smart (Chair), Adigun-Harris, Bradnack, Dryden, Stebbings, White

Unison (Maggie Hendrick), GMB (R O’Leary).

(Despatched and placed on deposit 30 December 2003).

Joint Staff Employer Forum

Date: Thursday 8 January 2004

Time: 4.30 pm

Place: Committee Room 1, The Guildhall

Contact: Liz Whitcher Telephone 457015

E-mail Liz.Whitcher@cambridge.gov.uk

Agenda

1. MINUTES

To confirm the minutes of the meeting held on 30 October 2003 as a correct record.

2. MATTERS ARISING FROM THE MINUTES

Members are requested to contact the Head of Human Resources or Committee Manager prior to the meeting with any issue they wish to raise.

3. APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

4. DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

Members are asked to declare at this stage any interests which they may have in any of the following items on the agenda. If any member is unsure whether or not they should declare an interest on a particular matter, they are requested to seek advice from the Head of Legal & Democratic Services before the meeting.

5. PUBLIC QUESTION TIME – see below for detail of the scheme and other public information.

6. ORAL UPDATE ON SINGLE STATUS

Report by the Head of Human Resources

7. LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT – short paper supplemented by short presentation/discussion

Appendix: 07app.pdf

Report by the Head of Human Resources

8. TRADE UNION FACILITIES AGREEMENT

Report by the Head of Human Resources

The next meeting of the Forum will be on Tuesday 6 April 2004 at 4.30pm.

Information for the public

You are welcome to attend this meeting as an observer, although it may be necessary to ask you to leave the room during the discussion of matters which are described as confidential on the agenda.

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You can ask questions on an issue included on the agenda above, or on an issue which is within this committee’s powers. If you wish to ask a question related to an agenda item contact the committee officer (listed above under ‘contact’) before the meeting starts. If you wish to ask a question on a matter not included on this agenda, please contact the committee officer by 10.00am the working day before the meeting. Further details concerning the right to speak at committee can be obtained from the committee section.

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In the event of the fire alarm sounding (which is a continuous ringing sound), you should pick up your possessions and leave the building by the route you came in. Once clear of the building, you should assemble on the pavement opposite the main entrance to the Guildhall and await further instructions. If your escape route or the assembly area is unsafe, you will be directed to safe areas by a member of Cambridge City Council staff.