equality and diversity policy

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Our Approach

As an Employer

As an employer the Group’s equality and diversity priorities are to encourage its members to recruit and retain talent from a wide pool and to ensure that staff are treated fairly and in accordance with the law.

The Group and its members will:

  • Aim to recruit and retain a workforce to reflect the diversity of its customer-base, set equality targets for recruitment and publish performance against these targets.
  • Operate and monitor recruitment practices that reduce the chance of discrimination.
  • Maintain ‘Positive about Disabilities’ accreditation and display the ‘Positive about Disabilities’ logo on all job advertisements.
  • In accordance with the Disability Discrimination Act, guarantee people with a disability an interview for any employment vacancy provided that they meet the essential criteria.
  • Continue employing, wherever practicable, employees who become disabled during their employment, and assist in their retraining.
  • Subscribe to the Housing Diversity Network (HDN) and advertise all job vacancies on the HDN website.
  • Provide annual training for staff on equality and diversity issues.
  • Provide annual training for Board members.
  • Respect the religious practices of staff in the workplace.
  • Offer flexible working hours and arrangements.
  • Ensure that pay is determined equitably.
  • Provide enhanced maternity and paternity leave and offer staff the option to purchase childcare vouchers tax free.
  • Have a zero-tolerance approach to racist behaviour and other harassment.
  • Equally apply terms and conditions irrespective of an employee’s sexuality.
  • Make an equality impact assessment of all employment policies.
  • Be sensitive to gender reassignment.
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