Personnel Appeals Sub-committee - 26/09/2025
At a MEETING of the PERSONNEL APPEALS SUB-COMMITTEE held at Dundee on 26th September, 2025.
APPENDIX II
Present:-
COUNCILLORS
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Ken LYNN |
Heather ANDERSON |
Dorothy McHUGH |
Councillor Ken LYNN, Convener, in the Chair.
The minute of meeting of this Committee of 19th May, 2025 was held as read.
Unless marked thus * all items stand delegated.
The Sub-Committee resolved under Section 50(A)(4) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 that the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the undernoted items of business on the grounds that they involved the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 1 of Part I of Schedule 7A of the Act.
There were no declarations of interest.
It was reported that a grievance appeal from an employee of the Children and Families Services Service had been submitted.
The Sub-Committee heard the Appellant and the Appellants representative and thereafter, the Councils representative and witnesses.
After questions had been put and answers given by both parties to each other and the witnesses and by members of the Sub-Committee, the parties withdrew.
Thereafter, following careful consideration of all the information, the Sub-Committee agreed that the grounds of the appeal had been substantiated in part and the appeal be upheld to the extent that the length of time for the outcome of the Stage 2 Grievance process was excessive.
The Sub-Committee also recommended that the Children and Families Service, or the Human Resources Section, arrange independent professional mediation to facilitate the repair of the working relationship between the Appellant and the other person.
Ken LYNN, Convener.
It was reported that a grievance appeal from an employee of the Children and Families Services Service had been submitted.
The Sub-Committee heard the Appellant and the Appellants representative and thereafter, the Councils representative and witnesses.
After questions had been put and answers given by both parties to each other and the witnesses and by members of the Sub-Committee, the parties withdrew.
Thereafter, following careful consideration of all the information, the Sub-Committee agreed that the grounds of the appeal had been substantiated in part and the appeal be upheld to the extent that the length of time for the outcome of the Stage 2 Grievance process was excessive.
The Sub-Committee also recommended that the Children and Families Service, or the Human Resources Section, arrange independent professional mediation to facilitate the repair of the working relationship between the Appellant and the other person.
Ken LYNN, Convener.