In this week's Kilburn Times, Brent Green Party candidates for the forthcoming general election reiterate the Party's call for an independent inquiry into Brent Council, This would not only cover the human resources issues, including working conditions, but also the appointment of a permanent Chief Executive and the restructing of the senior managment team. We felt that an independent investigation was the only way to gain the confidemnce of staff and wanted to involve residents, associations, voluntary organisations, teneants; groups and trade unions.
Philip Grant in this Guest Blog gives his personal assessment of the more limited internal review being conducted by Michael Pavey:
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Philip Grant in this Guest Blog gives his personal assessment of the more limited internal review being conducted by Michael Pavey:
Councillor
Pavey’s Review of Brent’s HR and Equalities practices and procedures
Anyone who has been following
the story of the Rosemarie Clarke Employment Tribunal case will be aware that
when Brent Council announced on 26 September that they would be appealing
against the judgement, they also said there would be a review. The Council said
that its Deputy Leader, Cllr. Michael Pavey, would ‘take stock of our [Employment]
policies and practice’, ‘to ensure that we learn lessons from this case’.
I did wonder at the time whether this was just a PR smokescreen, to draw attention away from Brent’s unfair and unreasonable decision to appeal. However, I have recently exchanged some emails with Cllr. Pavey which leave me a little more optimistic, and (with his permission) I would like to share some of the correspondence with you.
I did wonder at the time whether this was just a PR smokescreen, to draw attention away from Brent’s unfair and unreasonable decision to appeal. However, I have recently exchanged some emails with Cllr. Pavey which leave me a little more optimistic, and (with his permission) I would like to share some of the correspondence with you.
