Management Information Sheet
HR De-delegated Budget Info
Claiming from De-Delegated Budgets
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Schools Forum requested further information on the process for claiming against the de-delegated HR budgets, and the information that currently goes out to schools. This paper is for information only. |
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ED2225 Redeployment/Safeguarding
Where there is a risk of redundancy, the school is red rag rated, and the reason for redundancy is financial, then redeployment or salary safeguarding may be a less costly option than redundancy costs.
Redeployment/safeguarding inevitably occurs from a staffing adjustment, so the school will already be working with an HR consultant who will advise on costs and whether redeployment/ safeguarding is an option.
Where salary safeguarding costs are paid by the LA, the salary will be re-coded to reflect that contribution. School Action: Speak to your HR Consultant at an early stage of the staffing adjustment process to establish whether this is an option.
ED2241 Supply/Special
This budget covers trade union facility time and other functions, such as jury service and reservist duties.
For trade union facility time, the money pays for trade union officials who are available to all schools. These officials are paid directly from the budget by the HR Business Partner.
School Action: For jury service, and for covering reservist duties, the school should provide evidence of any additional cost incurred to the HR Business Partner, schools. This could be the relevant supply claims or invoices. Where there is additional cost incurred, the school will be reimbursed usually through a journal transfer.
ED2242 Maternity.
Anyone on maternity leave and entitled to maternity pay is automatically recoded to the de delegated maternity budget, on the basis of information provided by the school.
ED2243 Suspended staff
Where a school has agreed with the HR Consultant that an employee should be suspended, the salary is recoded to this budget. School Action: Speak to your HR Consultant before suspending staff to establish whether this is an option.
ED2244 Disabled
This budget is accessible to schools to support staff who may have additional needs due to disability and enable them to be at work and is decided on a case by case basis. In the past this has been used for equipment to enable access to work; training in respect of a disability and for supply cover where it is deemed appropriate (such as phased return to work) and is not covered by the Sickness Insurance Scheme. This does not include Capital Works such as providing Disabled access etc.
School Action: The school should be in touch with the HR Consultant about this, and requests are passed to the HR Business Partner. Decisions about spend from this budget will be made alongside other routes that may also provide support, such as Access to Work.
Schools should contact HR in respect of the above for information on these funds. These budgets are not advertised on the intranet as funding is only available in certain situations and schools will usually be in contact with HR when they have an issue.
Further to the above, queries can be directed to the HR Consultant or to hrenquiry@educatorsolutions.org.uk or to carole.human@norfolk.gov.uk.