Information Bulletin
Royal Wedding and Tall Ships Event
Shetland Islands Council agreed at its meeting today that they would not award an additional annual leave day for Council employees. This decision was taken in light of the savings package agreed last week to meet the financial challenges facing the Council and its commitment to limit the detrimental impact on the community and staff.
Elected Members took account of the fact that Managers and staff have worked extremely hard over the past few months to identify savings, which has put the Council in a stronger position to be able to provide stability and security for the workforce for the future. The cost of awarding an additional leave day would have to be met from existing budgets which are already under considerable pressure.
The Council has also agreed that managers should be encouraged to support requests wherever possible for annual leave or flexi-time on 29 April and during the Tall Ships Event.