Agenda item

Report of the Senior Corporate Health & Safety Manager. 

The Senior Corporate Health and Safety Manager submitted a report that enabled the Committee to consider and approve a range of amendments and additions to existing policies and procedures.  These were:

·          LCC HS Policy Statement 2025

·          LCC HS Policy - Roles and Responsibilities 2025

·          LCC HS Policy - Systems and Arrangements 2025

·          LCC Health Safety Strategy 2024 – 2026

·          LCC Audit Policy

·          LCC DSE Policy

·          SG40 LCC Conflict at Work Policy

Comments and amendments following the meeting of JCC on 13^th February 2025 were set out in the report. 

With regard to the Audit Policy it was reported orally at the meeting that since the agenda had been published it had been raised internally by officers that the Policy would only apply to Health and Safety audits and that, to be clear, this would be added to the introduction section of the Policy in a clear and bold statement. 

Following a question raised at the meeting with regard to the DSE Policy it was noted that the Senior Corporate Health and Safety Manager will liaise with the Monitoring and Deputy Monitoring Officers on training and development of Councillors on DSE issues. 

Also raised at the meeting with regard to the Conflict at Work Policy was linking this with the Complaints Policy that had been produced by the Chief Officer – Housing and Property. 

It was moved by Councillor Chris Harris, seconded by Councillor Paul Stubbins and unanimously agreed. 

Resolved: -

That LCC HS Policy Statement 2025, LCC HS Policy - Roles and Responsibilities 2025, LCC HS Policy - Systems and Arrangements 2025, LCC Health Safety Strategy 2024 – 2026, LCC Audit Policy as amended, LCC DSE Policy and SG40 LCC Conflict at Work Policy, appended to the report, be approved.