To consider an oral report of the Interim Director of Human Resources.

The Head of HR Operations informed the Committee that there had been a reduction in the number of requests received from ten in the previous quarter to eight. The eight requests had come from six individuals and all had been approved. Six of the requests had come from Children’s Service and the remaining two requests had come from Strategy and Resources.  In the previous quarter half of the requests had been related to long covid and that had reduced greatly to only one of the requests relating to long Covid. Two requests related to mental health, two related to cancer, and one related to another condition. Four of the six employees had either returned to work or had left the Council. So far in quarter two of the municipal year there had been four requests two had been approved and two were awaiting approval.

Following the update Members had the opportunity to ask questions but none were raised.

RESOLVED: That the content of the update be noted.