Meeting Details

To elect a Chair for the ensuing year.

To appoint a Vice-Chair for the ensuing year.

Members are reminded that they should declare any personal and/or prejudicial interests at this point, and that they should leave the meeting room before any item, in which they have a prejudicial interest, is disclosed.

Members are asked to agree the minutes, attached marked 5, from 7 April 2011, and that they be signed by the Chair as a correct record.

Members are asked to receive any questions, statements or petitions, of which notice has been received, from members of the public.

This report, attached marked 7, brings the latest version of the Committee's constitution to the notice of its Members and asks them to consider whether there is any training or development, which should be undertaken by the Committee in order to fulfil its role.

This report, attached marked 8, requests consideration of future elected Member development proposals.

This report, attached marked 9, asks that the Committee consider and agree the amended procedure at Stage 2, Internal Disputes Resolution.

This report, attached marked 11, informs the Human Resources Committee of the requirements placed on the public sector under Section 149 (S149) of The Equality Act 2010. S149 replaced similar separate public sector equality duties relating to race, gender and disability discrimination and extends coverage of the duty to the other protected characteristics of age, sexual orientation, religion or belief, pregnancy and maternity and gender reassignment.

This report, attached marked 13, is to provide the Human Resources Committee with a summary report on the work of the Equality and Diversity Steering Group from September 2010 to August 2011.

This report, attached marked 15, is to inform the Committee of the progress of Rights and Fairness Telford (RAFT), formerly Telford Race, Equality and Diversity Partnership (TREDP), as requested by the Authority.

Members are asked to consider a resolution under the Local Government Act 1972, that the public and press be excluded for the following agenda items on the grounds that they nvolve the likely disclosure of exempt information, as defined by the provisions of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Act, by virtue of the paragraphs 1 and 2.

Members are asked to agree the minutes, attached marked 17, from 7 April 2011, and that they be signed by the Chair as a correct record.

Consideration of each case will be in private. The Appeal Hearing is not intended to revisit all the details of the case but to focus on the specific elements, ie the grounds of appeal, which the employee has put forward in his/her appeal.