Minutes of meeting
Renfrewshire Council · 23 September 2026
Back to Personnel Appeals and Applied Conditions of Service Appeals Panel — 23 September 2026 and its agenda
Text extracted from the council's PDF. Layout and reading order may differ from the original.
Page 1
Minute of Special Meeting Personnel Appeals and Applied Conditions of Service Appeals Panel Date Time Venue Wednesday, 23 September 2026 09:30 Corporate Meeting Room 1, Council Headquarters, Renfrewshire House, Cotton Street, Paisley, PA1 1AN Present: Councillor Stephen Burns, Councillor Audrey Doig, Councillor Anne Hannigan, Councillor Lisa-Marie Hughes, Councillor Iain McMillan, Councillor Jim Paterson, Councillor Andy Steel Chair Councillor Burns, Convener, presided. In Attendance P Wilson, Operational People Partner and J Barron, D Cunningham and E Gray, all Senior Committee Services Officers (all 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.
Page 2
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. 1 Finance & Resources Consideration was given to an appeal submitted by a former employee of Finance & Resources following their dismissal from the Council's employment. Prior to the commencement of the hearing, the Convener advised the Panel that the appellant had requested that the appeal be heard in absentia and determined on the basis of their written submissions. The appellant had previously been advised that, should the hearing proceed in absentia, they would forfeit the opportunity to provide the Panel with any further information or context that might be required and that management would still be in attendance to present its case. The Panel was asked to consider the request to depart from the established procedure and hear the appeal in absentia. It was agreed unanimously that consideration of the appeal would proceed in the absence of the appellant, based on their written submission. P Murray, Head of Digital, Transformation & Customer Services, F Haggerty, Professional Training & Development Manager, and K Clark, Strategic Lead Partner (People), representing the management side, were invited into the hearing. The Head of Digital, Transformation & Customer Services and the Professional Training & Development Manager presented the management case. Thereafter, members of the Panel had the opportunity to question the management side and the evidence presented. The management side then summed up and withdrew from the hearing to allow the Panel to consider the matter and reach a decision. The management side was recalled and advised by the Convener that the Appeals Panel had agreed that the grounds of appeal had not been substantiated and that the appeal was not upheld. DECIDED: That the grounds of appeal had not been substantiated and that the appeal was not upheld.