2019-11-12 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                                                                       12 NOVEMBER 2019


BRANCH ACTIVITIES                           RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS                           CURRENT PRIORITIES                           THE NEXT QUARTER
Supervisor Development Program                      Support supervisors to utilize         Coordinate the training for the            There is no Supervisor Development
                                                      their training in the rollout of         introduction of performance plans            programme this financial year.
                                                      performance planning.                    with supervisors for field based
                                                                                               employees.

Work Health and Safety Audit                   Completed      the    internal   audit      Continual improvement of the WHS           The 2018-2020 WHS Management
                                                 undertaken by the Manager P&C                 system and Safety Awareness.                 Plan is being delivered along with a
                                                 and the WH&S Advisor, which                                                                comprehensive       WHS      training
                                                 confirmed that recommendations                                                             program.
                                                 from the previous external audit had
                                                 been implemented. The internal
                                                 audit resulted in a score of 80/100.
2019/2020 Training Budget                      Developed and commenced the                 P&C Officer working with managers          Continue to work with Managers to
-The People and Culture team took over           19/20 training budget and timetable           and supervisors to ensure the                identify “at risk” positions in Council
administration of the training budget in         in consultation with Managers and             Operational Safety and Compliance            where staff critical to future
September 2018 and has ensured it was            Directors.                                    training is booked as required (note:        operations are supported to grow
used for maximum benefit to staff and          Co-ordinated              procurement         progress is on track).                       and stay with Council as well as
Council.                                         processes for engaging training                                                            training others so succession plans
                                                 providers. Training commitments on                                                         are in place. This will occur as part
                                                 track and aligned to budget                                                                of     the      workforce      planning
                                                 allocations.                                                                               programme.

Single Touch Payroll Implementation            Continued to support staff with           Continue to monitor and support              Monitoring and review if required
(As part of new Federal requirements,            information on how to set up                employees as required.
Council has to implement a system that           MYGOV accounts and the changes
provides fortnightly pay summaries to the        that have occurred as a result of
ATO, instead of yearly in the form of            single touch payroll and resolve any
group certificates)                              issues.
Councils Drug and Alcohol Policy and           168 employees (incl. all operational)       Regular promotion of Council’s drug        Ongoing testing and monitoring to
Procedure                                        attended face to face drug and                and alcohol program to reinforce             ensure Noosa has a safe work
                                                 alcohol policy training. All other            staff awareness.                             environment at all times.
                                                 employees have completed online             50 Staff were randomly tested              Testing may occur at any time and
                                                 training to increase awareness of             across 6 different work sites.               staff are expected to be fully
                                                 their obligations.                                                                         compliant with the requirements of
                                               Employees advised of independent                                                           the policy and procedure.
                                                 confidential       support   through                                                     Ongoing testing and monitoring to
                                                 Council’s free employee assistance                                                         ensure Noosa has a safe work
                                                 program which has received a minor                                                         environment at all times.
                                                 increase in access recently.

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