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Consultation and Negotiation Panel 7 September 2007
West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority
Meeting of the Consultation and Negotiation Panel held on
7 September 2007 at Fire Service Headquarters, Birkenshaw
Present: Councillors P Booth (in the Chair),
D Atkinson, G Beever, M Coulson, M Khan and
G Wilkinson (as substitute for Councillor R Light)
Apologies : Councillor R Light
1 Urgent Item
None.
2 Admission of the Public
Resolved
That the public and press be excluded from the meeting during the items of business specified below as it was likely, in view of the nature of the business
to be transacted or the nature of the proceedings, that if members of the public or press were to be present during these items, there would be
disclosure to them of exempt information of the description specified.
Agenda Item No. - E4
Title of Report - Proposed change to notice periods
Minute No. - 4
Description of Exempt information by reference to the paragraph number in Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972. -Paragraph 4 – Labour relations, consultations or negotiations
Agenda Item No. - E5
Title of Report - Fitness at work policy
Minute No. - 5
Description of Exempt information by reference to the paragraph number in Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972. - Paragraph 4 – Labour relations, consultations or negotiations
3 Declarations of Interest
No disclosures of interest were declared in any matter under consideration at the meeting.
4 Proposed Changes to Notice Periods
(This item was considered as exempt information under Schedule 12A (4) of the Local Government
Act 1972 – labour relations, consultations or negotiations)
The Panel considered submissions on behalf of both Management and the Fire
Brigades Union in respect of proposed changes to the contractual notice periods for uniformed operational staff.
Resolved
(i) That the contractual notice periods for uniformed operational staff be
amended as follows;
• All retained, trained firefighters, Crew and Watch Managers – 4 weeks
(including mobilising staff)
• Station Managers and Group Managers – 8 weeks (including mobilising staff)
• Area Managers and above – 12 weeks
(ii) That the changes at (i) above be subject to the application of flexible
arrangements to be decided on a case by case basis by the Director of Human
Resources;
(iii) That the format of the guidance at (ii) above be subject to further agreement between Management and the Fire Brigade’s Union; and
(iv) That (i) – (iii) above be subject to formal ratification by the Executive
Committee.
5 Fitness at Work Policy– Additional Payment for Retained Duty System Staff (RDS)
(This item was considered as exempt information under Schedule 12A (4) of the Local Government
Act 1972 – labour relations, consultations or negotiations)
The Panel considered submissions on behalf of both Management and the Fire
Brigade’s Union in respect of the application of the Authority’s Fitness at Work policy and the introduction of a standardised fitness programme.
Resolved
That consideration of the case be deferred pending the receipt of further legal and financial advice.
Chair
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