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Consultation and Negotiation Panel 5 October 2007
West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority
Meeting of the Consultation and Negotiation Panel held on 5 October 2007 at Fire Service Headquarters, Birkenshaw
Present: Councillors P Booth (in the Chair),
G Beever, M Coulson, M Khan and G Wilkinson (as substitute for Councillor R Light)
Apologies : Councillor R Light
6 Minutes of the Last Meeting
Resolved
That the Minutes of a meeting held on 7 September 2007 be signed by the Chair as a correct record.
7 Urgent Item
None.
8 Admission of the Public
Resolved
That the public and press be excluded from the meeting during the item 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 this item, there would be disclosure
to them of exempt information of the description specified.
Agenda Item No. - E5
Title of Report - Fitness at work policy
Minute No. - 10
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
9 Declarations of Interest
No disclosures of interest were declared in any matter under consideration at the meeting.
10 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 the merits of both the management and the Fire Brigade’s
Union’s case in the light of both legal and equalities advice as requested at the 7 September meeting.
Resolved
(i) That the Brigade fitness policy and assessment programme for all operational staff be approved for adoption;
(ii) That no extra payments be made to Retained Duty Staff to undertake
physical training sessions at their relevant retained Duty System fire station where equipment is provided; and
(iii) That, where equipment is not provided in the relevant retained Duty
System fire station, travel expenses be payable for a maximum of two sessions each week (based on the distance between home and the nearest station with appropriate equipment); and
(iv) That (i) – (iii) above be subject to formal ratification by the Executive
Committee.
Chair
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