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To report informs Cabinet of the current position in respect of the severance scheme within Cheshire East Council.

Consideration was given to the report of the Head of Human Resources on Organisational Development.  In considering the report it was noted that there was an error in respect of the calculations for the employees listed at 40 and 41 of the Appendix; it was confirmed that this would be corrected.

RESOLVED

1. That the content of this report  be noted as the six month review of the Council’s current voluntary severance terms which were decided on 16 February 2010.

2. That approval be given for the terms as detailed in section 11.1 (i) to (iii) of the report to continue to apply until 31 March 2011 to all redundancies which occur for any reason during the period and that this practice be reviewed again in six months time.

3. That approval be given to make the Redeployment Officer post within the HR Delivery Team permanent.

4. That Cabinet supports the decision of the Chief Executive to release the employees whose roles are listed as 1 to 43 in Appendix A of the report under the arrangements agreed in relation to voluntary severance provisions for employees in the Council, subject to the calculations in respect of the employees detailed at  40 and 41 being duly amended.    

5. That Cabinet notes the three employees listed as 44 to 46 in Appendix A of the report who may become compulsorily redundant and would receive payments under the arrangements agreed in relation to severance provisions for employees.