Decision details

39.1     The Committee considered a report by the Chief Operating Officer regarding proposed amendments to staff travel policies to enable ordinary commuting costs to be met by the Council where employees are required to have more than one permanent workplace

39.2     The Committee RESOLVED to:

1)            agree that the relevant staff travel policies are amended as set out in Section 3 of the report to allow the payment to existing employees of a ‘workplace travel allowance’ for the reimbursement of additional ordinary commuting costs, including tax and National Insurance, associated with attendance at a secondary workplace, where an employee would otherwise suffer a significant financial detriment; and

2)            agree that such reimbursement only applies to existing employees; staff appointed from outside of the County Council will not have an entitlement