Minutes of meeting
Renfrewshire Council · 6 November 2025
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Minute of Meeting Personnel Appeals and Applied Conditions of Service Appeals Panel. Date Time Venue Thursday, 06 November 2025 09:30 Corporate Meeting Room 1, Council Headquarters, Renfrewshire House, Cotton Street, Paisley, PA1 1AN Present Councillor Stephen Burns, Councillor Audrey Doig, Councillor Neill Graham, Councillor Anne Hannigan, Councillor Lisa-Marie Hughes and Councillor Alec Leishman. Chair Councillor Burns, Convener, presided. In Attendance P Wilson, Operational People Partner and E Currie, Senior Committee Services Officer (both Finance & Resources). Declarations of Interest and Transparency Statements There were no declarations of interest or transparency statements intimated prior to the commencement of the meeting. EXCLUSION OF PRESS AND PUBLIC The Appeals Panel resolved that the press and public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following item of business as it was likely, in view of the nature of the business to be transacted, that if members of the press and public were present, there would be disclosure to them of exempt information as defined in paragraph 1 of Part I of Schedule 7A of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973.
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1 Environment, Housing & Infrastructure Consideration was given to an appeal submitted by an employee of Environment, Housing & Infrastructure following demotion. The appellant appeared together with C Goodall (UNISON) in relation to the appeal. G Hannah, Head of Climate, Public Protection & Roads (Environment, Housing & Infrastructure) and K Dalziel, People Adviser (Finance & Resources) represented management. G Hannah advised that some appendices had been omitted from the management submission and that copies were now available. The Panel agreed that the appendices be made available to the appellant, his trade union representative and members of the Panel. Adjournment The Panel adjourned at 9.35 am to consider the paperwork tabled at the meeting and reconvened at 9.45 am. G Hannah presented the management case. Thereafter, the appellant’s side and members of the Panel had an opportunity to question the management’s side and evidence presented. C Goodall presented the appellant’s case. Thereafter, the management side and members of the Panel had an opportunity to question the appellant’s side and evidence presented. Both sides summed up their position and then withdrew from the meeting to allow the Panel to consider the matter and reach a decision. Both parties were recalled and advised by the Convener that the Appeals Panel had agreed that the grounds of the appeal had not been substantiated and the appeal was not upheld. DECIDED: That the grounds of the appeal had not been substantiated and the appeal was not upheld.