Decision details
Market Supplements for HGV Drivers and Waste & Recycling Establishment
Decision Maker: Portfolio Holder - Environment and Coastal Services
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: Yes
Purpose:
To consider the extension of market supplement
for HGV drivers.
As a result of a national shortage of HGV (Heavy Goods Vehicles)
drivers, the findings of a salary benchmarking exercise, and low
response rates to HGV driver vacancies, it was agreed in July 2021
(see background papers) to apply a 7.5% market supplement to HGV
driver salaries.
This agreement was to be in place until March 2023, and as such is
now due to be reviewed.
During 2021 and 2022, some frontline waste and recycling services
have been suspended because of staff shortages. The size of the
staffing “pool” has been reviewed to ensure it is
adequately resourced to provide resilience in periods of high staff
absence.
Decision:
On 1 February 2023, Cllr Steve Davies, the
Portfolio Holder for Environment and Coastal Services made the
following decision:
That the market supplement for HGV driver salaries continues to be
applied from 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024, as described in this
decision report.
That the staffing increase described in 4.3 in the report is
progressed.
Any member of the Council, who is not a Portfolio Holder, who
considers that this decision should be reviewed should give notice
using the call-in facility at the top of this page on the
Council’s intranet / extranet site. Alternatively, notice can
be given to the Monitoring Officer (Grainne O’Rourke) (in
writing or by e-mail) to be received ON OR BY 5.15 pm on 8 February
2023.
Details of the document the Portfolio Holder considered are
attached below.
Reasons for the decision:
See Report
Alternative options considered:
See Report
Declarations of Interest(s): None
Contact: Chris Noble, Assistant Director Place Operations Email: chris.noble@nfdc.gov.uk.
Publication date: 01/02/2023
Effective from: 09/02/2023
Accompanying Documents: