Council considered a report of the Head of Business Improvement seeking approval of the implementation of a revised Attendance Management Policy and Procedure.

The Board Member for Customer and Corporate Services reported that the unions (Unison and UNITE) had raised no concerns about the policy.

Council resolved to:

1.    approve the Attendance Management Policy and Procedure attached at Appendix 1 to the report with immediate effect; and

2.    delegate authority to the Head of Business Improvement to amend the policies to reflect administrative changes and to correct any factual or legal errors.