Recommendations
Leaders’ Committee is asked to approve expansion of the HR Metrics Service outside of London, specifically:
• to extend the HR metrics and data sharing arrangements to authorities outside of London; and
• to permit the setting up of Service Level Agreement and appropriate subscription arrangements by London Councils with other regions (e.g. the South East Employers organisation) and local authorities.
Item 8 - Extending the London HR Metrics Service to other regions (L8/19)
Summary
The London Councils HR Metrics Service is a benchmarking club made up of all 33 London local authorities. It captures key human resources (HR) data on behalf of all London boroughs and the City of London Corporation. The service is funded by means of a specific subscription paid annually by each of the HR Directors under a Service Level Agreement (SLA) arrangement and this covers the cost of London Councils staff running the HR Metrics service and also the contract costs for an external sub-contractor providing an online graphical data sharing platform. This report proposes expansion of the SLA and subscription service to local authorities outside London via regional employers, specifically at present the South East Employers organisation. This would have the benefit of expanding the benchmark pool of HR data allowing comparison with other authorities outside of London and vice-versa.