Council considers pay policy statement
Another step to provide greater transparency
and accountability is being introduced by Wyre Forest District
Council.
The authority’s Cabinet will consider recommendations to adopt a
pay policy statement, at its meeting on Tuesday 31st January
2012. The proposed statement sets out the authority’s
policies on how remuneration is decided, both for chief officers
and for other staff. The Council’s policies on other aspects of
remuneration such as mileage allowances, bonuses and pay increases
are included too.
Publishing a pay policy statement is a
requirement of the Localism Act 2011.
Councillor Nathan Desmond, Wyre Forest
District Council’s Cabinet Member with responsibility for Resources
and Transformation said,
“We already provide a great deal of
information to help transparency, which includes pay scales,
Councillors' expenses, and items of expenditure over £500.
The adoption of a pay policy statement will set out for everyone to
see what officers of all grades get paid and the Council’s
reasoning behind this.”
If the Cabinet agrees the recommendation to
adopt the statement, it will be considered by full Council on
Wednesday 29th February. The final version of the
Pay Policy statement would be published on this website.
Issued on - 23 January 2012