Meetings
Staffing Support Thematic Review
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Meeting: 16/10/2025 - Remuneration Board (2025 - ) (Item 7)
Staffing review - Phase 3
· Paper 7 – Review of staffing support for Members
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 2
Minutes:
· The Board considered its role in setting the employment framework for staff employed by Members of the Senedd, including mandating the employment contract and policies relating to employment matters.
· The Board noted various staffing matters identified through previous consultation responses and recent feedback from Representative Groups.
Meeting: 13/02/2025 - Remuneration Board (2020 - 2025) (Item 3)
Staffing Review (Beamans) (9:45 - 10:45)
Paper 3 – Staffing paper
Paper 3 – Annex A
Paper 3 – Annex B
Paper 3 – Annex C
Paper 3 – Annex D
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 5
- Restricted enclosure 6
- Restricted enclosure 7
- Restricted enclosure 8
- Restricted enclosure 9
Minutes:
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The
Board received a presentation from Beamans and agreed the draft Job Family
classification framework, subject to some minor amendments. The general
feedback from Members and support staff during the testing phase had been
mainly constructive.
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The
Board considered the initial pay benchmarking analysis of support staff
salaries by Beamans, this will be discussed further in the March Board meeting.
Decision:
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The
Board agreed to receive updated information and provide further views ahead of
13 March Board meeting, via an online meeting or through email.
Action:
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Secretariat
to arrange additional meeting if required.
Meeting: 04/07/2024 - Remuneration Board (2020 - 2025) (Item 2)
Staffing Support Thematic Review (9.05 - 10.45)
Paper 2 – Phase 2 consultation responses and final
decision on preferred option
Paper 3 – Phase 3 scoping
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 12
- Restricted enclosure 13
Minutes:
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The Board discussed the Staffing Support Phase 2
consultation responses and considered the options for next steps. They also
noted the helpful discussions that had taken place during both the Member and
the Support Staff Representative Group meetings held on Wednesday 3 July.
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The Board also considered the issues that need
to be addressed as part of Phase 3 of the Staffing Support thematic review.
Decision:
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The Board agreed to proceed to Phase 2 of the
Staffing Support thematic review with the option of job families.
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The Board agreed to publish an anonymised
summary of the Staffing Support Phase 2 consultation responses.
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The Board agreed the outline approach to Phase 3
of the staffing review.
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The Board agreed to write to the Chief Executive
to request further information regarding the level of support for Members which
is provided by the Commission.
Action:
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Secretariat to draft correspondence to all
Staffing Support Phase 2 consultation responders.
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Secretariat to arrange publication of the
anonymised summary of the Staffing Support Phase 2 consultation responses.
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Secretariat to draft correspondence to the Chief
Executive regarding Commission support provided to Members.
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Secretariat to prepare a paper on virement
provisions related to all relevant thematic reviews.