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Joint Consultative Committee - Thursday, 12th June, 2025 11.00 am
June 12, 2025 View on council websiteSummary
The Joint Consultative Committee was scheduled to meet on Thursday, 12 June 2025, to discuss several items including the minutes from the previous meeting, matters raised jointly by the GMB1 and Unite2 unions, and the introduction of the Interim Chief People Officer and Executive Director of People and HR.
The meeting was scheduled to include both public and non-public sessions, with some items being discussed in private due to the confidential nature of the information.
Here's what the report pack indicates was on the agenda:
Items Raised Jointly by GMB and Unite
The committee was scheduled to discuss items raised jointly by the GMB and Unite unions. These included:
- The outcome of a collective grievance from the Old Bailey3.
- A GMB & Unite collective risk assessment of HR.
Additionally, under the confidential agenda, the committee was scheduled to discuss a response from the Chair for a letter to the JCC in April 2025.
Introduction of Interim Chief People Officer and Executive Director of People and HR
The Interim Chief People Officer and Executive Director of People and HR were scheduled to be introduced to the committee.
Approval of Minutes
The committee was scheduled to approve the public minutes and non-public summary from the previous meeting held on 6 February 2025. The minutes from the 6 February 2025 meeting, which are available to view, record that the committee discussed concerns raised by the GMB and Unite unions regarding the TUPE4 process for contracting out cleaning staff at the Central Criminal Court.
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The GMB (General, Municipal, Boilermakers and Allied Trade Union) is a general trade union in the United Kingdom with more than 500,000 members. ↩
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Unite the Union is a British and Irish trade union which was formed on 1 May 2007 by the merger of Amicus and the Transport and General Workers' Union. It is one of the largest trade unions in the UK and Ireland, with around 1.4 million members. ↩
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The Old Bailey, officially known as the Central Criminal Court, is a historic courthouse in London, England, and serves as one of the country's most prominent criminal courts. Here is a link to the Old Bailey. ↩
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TUPE (Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations) is a set of regulations designed to protect employees when the business they work for is transferred to a new owner. ↩
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