Minutes of meeting
Renfrewshire Council · 8 February 2023
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Minute of Special Meeting Personnel Appeals and Applied Conditions of Service Appeals Panel. Date Time Venue Wednesday, 08 February 2023 09:30 Corporate Meeting Room 2, Council Headquarters, Renfrewshire House, Cotton Street, Paisley, PA1 1AN PRESENT Councillor Stephen Burns; Councillor Audrey Doig; Councillor Neill Graham; Councillor Anne Hannigan; Councillor Bruce MacFarlane; Councillor Jim Paterson; Councillor Sam Mullin; and Councillor Andy Steel. CHAIR Councillor Burns, Convener, presided. IN ATTENDANCE K Clark, Principal HR & OD Adviser and R Devine, Senior Committee Services Officer (both Finance & Resources). DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST There were no declarations of interest intimated prior to the commencement of the meeting.
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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 ENVIRONMENT & INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES Consideration was given to an appeal submitted by an employee of Environment & Infrastructure following dismissal from the Council’s employment. Neither the appellant, nor his trade union representatives were present. J Templeton, Waste Operations Manager (Environment & Infrastructure) and R McKenzie, HR & OD Adviser (Finance and Resources) represented management. R Devine advised that a letter had been submitted by UNISON lodging an appeal on behalf of the appellant and intimating that the ‘relevant paperwork, including the grounds of appeal, would follow in due course’. Despite numerous reminders, the appellant and his trade union representatives had not outlined the grounds of appeal or made any submission in support of their position to appeal the decision to terminate his employment. It was highlighted that the appellant had indicated verbally, during a telephone conversation with R Devine, that he wished to withdraw the appeal. The Panel was informed that the appellant had been requested to submit written confirmation of this request to withdraw the appeal but that, to date, no written confirmation had been received. It was proposed in the absence of the appellant, grounds of appeal and any evidence contrary to that contained within the submission made by management, that the appeal had not been substantiated and the appeal was not upheld. This was agreed. DECIDED: That the appeal had not been substantiated and that the appeal was not upheld.