Health and Safety

from Budget Report 2019

Table F – Expenditure and Income by Division and Sub-Service

Superannuation/ Pensions and Lump Sums

2017 saw the final migration steps of the ‘payroll’ and ‘superannuation’ functions to the national shared services centre in Laois – ‘MyPAY’.

Clare County Council continues to prepare and manage the data entry and storage systems but the payments process is delivered through this national services centre. 2018 saw the implementation of a number of national measures in the area of superannuation and the team in HR continue to engage with key stakeholders such as MyPay, DHPLG and our staff - current and retired – to ensure that all measures are implemented effectively having due regard to the personal nature of this actively.

The costs of pensions and Lump sum payments of retiring and retires staff is provided for in this division.

Workplace Partnership

The Partnership Committee is a positive forum for the discussion between management and staff outside of the industrial relations arena.

The local Partnership Committee continued to identify initiatives and promote staff engagement in 2018 with the centre piece being the Long Service Awards ceremony being held in June with the service of those staff with 20 years along with our recently retired colleagues being recognised and celebrated. Some 68 staff were presented with a commemorative certificate at an evening function.

2018 also saw the installation of computers and printers at the area offices for use by the outdoor staff with new logins and e-mail addresses activated for the purpose – this was consequent to a previous initiative to develop a staff extranet for accessing policies, publications, news and job adverts.

In November 2018 the Chief Executive, supported by the chairs of the Partnership Committee and management team once again speak to staff at a number of locations across the County.