2020-11-10 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

 SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                           10 NOVEMBER 2020


BRANCH ACTIVITIES                         RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS                                CURRENT PRIORITIES                                THE NEXT QUARTER
Workforce Planning                           Put on hold due to COVID-19 priorities.          Progression of Workforce Planning               Work with Departments to
                                                                                                  (identified as a priority within Council’s        identify key priority areas and
                                                                                                  Operational Plan) scheduled as part of            commence operational workforce
                                                                                                  2020/21 People & Culture Branch                   planning incl. the identification of
                                                                                                  Plan.                                             actionable strategies and
                                                                                                                                                    addressing specific workforce
                                                                                                                                                    gaps incl. succession planning.

Councils Drug and Alcohol Policy and       Random testing put on hold due to COVID-         Review of Drug and Alcohol policy to              Re-commence random testing.
Procedure                                    19.                                                incorporate pre-employment medicals.


Employee Relations                           Review of P&C policies for compliance with     Resolution of any emerging workplace              Prepare for commencement of
                                               the Qld. Anti-Discrimination Act.                issues.                                             enterprise bargaining for the new
                                                                                              Endorsement of updated P&C policies.                Certified Agreement.

Employee Wellness Program                    Development of a wellbeing program to            Maintain wellness site with up to date,         Identify initiatives that will have a
                                               support the health and wellbeing of                relevant information and resources                direct impact on the well-being of
                                               employees during the COVID-19 pandemic           Produce wellness calendar identifying             employees and increase
                                               and beyond.                                        key dates for wellbeing initiatives               participation and engagement
                                                                                                Undertake a series of pulse surveys               with the Wellness Project incl.
                                                                                                  with employees to identify the issues             organizational team challenges.
                                                                                                  they face while working remotely and
                                                                                                  as a result of COVID-19 to help
                                                                                                  council manage their well-being.

Business as Usual activities                 Provide frontline response services to the       Provide response services as part of            Continue to provide response
Support the organisation with HRM              COVID-19 Taskforce Team including                  the COVID19 Taskforce Team.                       services to the COVID19
services incl. payroll, work health and        employee relations, wellbeing, deployment        Re-commence recruitment for key                   Taskforce Team.
safety, recruitment, on-boarding and           opportunities, implementing working from           positions.                                      Assess future work practices,
workplace relations.                           home arrangements and supporting                 Partner with ICT to implement new T1              policies and procedures post
                                               employees impacted by the temporary                e-recruitment module.                             COVID-19.
                                               closure of Council facilities.                                                                     Implement e-recruitment module.
                                                                                                                                                  Finalise the recruitment process
                                                                                                                                                    for the Payroll Supervisor.




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