Agenda

Employment Matters Committee - Thursday, 17 September 2026 7.00pm, MOVED

Venue: St George's Centre, Pembroke, Chatham Maritime, Chatham ME4 4UH. View directions

Contact: Vanessa Etheridge, Democratic Services Officer

Note: (moved from 1 September)

Media

Items
No.	Item
1.	Apologies for absence
2.	Record of meeting PDF 134 KB To approve the record of the meeting of the Employment Matters Committee held on 2 July 2026. To note the record of the meeting of the Joint Consultative Committee held on 2 July 2026. Additional documents: Minutes Public Pack, 02/07/2026 Joint Consultative Committee , item 2. PDF 141 KB
3.	Urgent matters by reason of special circumstances The Chairperson will announce any late items which do not appear on the main agenda but which they have agreed should be considered by reason of special circumstances to be specified in the report.
4.	Declarations of Disclosable Pecuniary Interests and Other Significant Interests PDF 371 KB Members are invited to disclose any Disclosable Pecuniary Interests or Other Significant Interests in accordance with the Member Code of Conduct. Guidance on this is set out in agenda item 4.
5.	Car and Travel Allowance Policy: Further Updates PDF 127 KB View the background to item 5. This report contains further amendments to the Car and Travel Allowance Policy. Additional documents: Appendix 1 , item 5. PDF 177 KB
6.	Gender Pay Gap 2025/26 PDF 205 KB View the background to item 6. This report provides the Committee with the results for this reporting year ahead of publication on the Council’s public website by 31 March 2027 and on the Government dedicated gender pay gap reporting website. Additional documents: Appendix 1 , item 6. PDF 82 KB Appendix 2 , item 6. PDF 109 KB Appendix 3 , item 6. PDF 83 KB Appendix 4 , item 6. PDF 82 KB Appendix 5 , item 6. PDF 95 KB Appendix 6 , item 6. PDF 182 KB
7.	Workforce Report 2025/26 PDF 138 KB View the background to item 7. This report presents Medway Council's annual Workforce Report for the period 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026. Additional documents: Appendix 1 , item 7. PDF 727 KB Appendix 2 , item 7. PDF 95 KB Appendix 3 , item 7. PDF 155 KB
8.	Learning and Development Strategy Update PDF 259 KB View the background to item 8. This report provides an update on progress against the Learning and Development Strategy and associated Action Plan during 2025/26.
9.	Healthy Workplaces PDF 160 KB View the background to item 9. This paper shares that Medway Council has joined the Medway Healthy Workplaces Programme, and has identified actions from the benchmarking assessment.