Publication Requirements - Pay
Policy Statement – Annex E
In addition to the requirement
Under Sections 38 – 43 of the Localism Act 2011 relating to
the Pay Policy Statement the council has further obligations to
publish information.
The Local Government Transparency
Code 2015 (current code) indicates that local authorities should
publish the following data concerning staff:
- The number of employees whose
remuneration in that year was at least £50,000 in bands of
£5,000
- Details of remuneration and job
title of certain senior employees whose salary is at least
£50,000. Employees whose salaries are £150,000 or more
must also be identified by name. At the council these roles are
Chief Officers and the Chief Operating Officer.
- A list of responsibilities and
details of bonuses and ‘benefits in kind’, for all
senior employees whose salary exceeds £50,000. At the council
these roles are Chief Officers and the Chief Operating
Officer.
- The ‘pay multiple’
– the ratio between the highest paid salary and the median
average salary of the whole authority workforce
- Publish an
organisation chart covering staff in the top three levels of
the organisation. The following
information must be included for each member of staff included in
the chart: grade, job title, local authority department and team
whether permanent or temporary staff, contact details, salary in
£5,000 bands, salary ceiling (the maximum salary for the
grade).
The Accounts and Audit (England)
Regulations 2015 require that the following data is included in the
authority’s accounts:
- Numbers of employees with a salary
above £50k per annum (pro-rata for part-time staff) in
multiples of £5k
- Job title, remuneration and
employer pension contributions for senior officers. Senior officers
are defined as Head of Paid Service, Statutory Chief Officers and
Non-Statutory Chief Officers by reference to Section 2 of the 1989
Local Government & Housing Act.
- Names of employees paid over
£150k per annum
For the above remuneration is to
include:
- Salary, fees or allowances for the
current and previous year
- Bonuses paid or receivable for the
current and previous year
- Expenses paid in the previous
year
- Compensation for loss of
employment paid to or receivable, or payments made in connection
with loss of employment
- Total estimated value of non-cash
benefits that are emoluments of the person
For the above pension
contributions to include:
- The amount driven by the
authority’s set employer contribution rate
·
Employer costs
incurred relating to any increased membership or award of
additional pension