Torbay Council is committed to addressing employment equality in a positive, practical and meaningful way. Through this policy we will ensure that:
- All employees feel confident to raise any concerns about discriminatory practice and we will respond to any dominance or oppression experienced by employees.
- All relevant policies undergo an Equality Impact Assessment and are fully consulted upon with employee representatives.
- Allegations of unlawful discrimination and harassment are handled with sensitivity, giving appropriate support to the alleged victim(s).
- Best practice is achieved in the application of equality in all our recruitment and employment practices.
- Disciplinary procedures state that unlawful discrimination and harassment are disciplinary offences.
- Employees are managed fairly and appropriately, ensuring there is no unlawful discrimination on any grounds in terms of employment activities such as work allocations, consultations and communication, development and training opportunities, appraisals, granting of leave, redundancy exercises, or grievance, capability and disciplinary matters.
- Individuals will be selected for interview, appointed and promoted on the basis of objective criteria, such as job requirements, competencies and performance.
- Managers and employees are aware of their responsibilities and given information, advice, guidance and training on carrying them out.
- Our employees are protected from harassment and we will provide an effective response to deal with perpetrators. ‘The Prevention of Bullying and Harassment’ document is available from Human Resources.
- Our policies and practices promote equality of opportunity and good relations as well as eliminate unlawful discrimination.
- Our training and development activities will support the Council’s policies on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and will involve community representatives (such as disabled people or people from minority ethnic communities) in training delivery where possible.
- Our workforce profiles aim to reflect local and national statistics of economically active people.
- Positive action is taken to remedy the under-representation of groups of people at all levels and activities in its workforce e.g. with regard to advertising, training, job share, flexible working and career development.
- The obligations imposed by Legislation and Codes of Practice are complied with.
We are committed to ensuring that no employee or potential employee is treated less favourably than another or cannot comply with a provision, criteria or practice (where it cannot be objectively justified in proportion to the legitimate aims of the organisation) on the grounds of:
- Age
- Disability
- Gender
- Marital status
- Race/ethnicity
- Religion/belief
- Responsibility for dependants
- Sexuality
- Any condition or requirement which cannot be objectively justified.
Our Recruitment, Pay and Development Policies will ensure this policy is embedded into core employment activities.
It is a condition of their employment that all Council employees adhere to this policy and all policies concerning Equality and Inclusion. All Job descriptions must state an obligation towards equality of opportunity and anti-discriminatory practice.
Human Resources wishes to engage fully with its employees and welcomes suggestions and challenges on how to improve employee relations, policies and practices in the context of Equality and Inclusion.
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