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ITEM EX10
- ANNEX 1
EXECUTIVE
– 28 OCTOBER 2003
SOCIAL INCLUSION
AND EQUALITIES
The Equality
Standard for Local Government
Targets
for achieving Level 1 include:
- Adopting a comprehensive
equality policy covering the equality areas.
- Evaluating policies
to ensure they are in line with legislation and codes of practice.
- Developing a Corporate
Equality Plan (CEP), consistent with the Race Equality Scheme (RES),
with a clear implementation plan, including allocation of staff and
resources, addressing multiple discrimination, identifying meaningful
outcomes, equality action planning and target setting in all Directorates,
ensuring a consistent approach to all equality areas in line with the
RES, demonstrating commitment/consideration at Executive level.
- Commitment within
CEP to equality impact and needs/requirements assessments across all
services.
- Corporate commitment
to fair employment and equal pay policy.
- Make a corporate
commitment to earmark specific resources for improving equality practice.
- Corporate and
Directorate commitment to consult on the CEP with community, staff and
stakeholder groups using new and existing mechanisms.
- Evidence of inclusion
in Directorate business plans, including consultation.
- Corporate and
Directorate commitment to self-assessment, scrutiny and audit on equalities.
- Incorporate comprehensive
equality policy as a key theme within the LSP Community Strategy.
- Commitment to
establishing mechanisms to deal with all forms of harassment, including
involvement in multi-agency panels.
- Documented evidence
of commitment within Directorates/service areas to CEP.
- Documented evidence
of commitment within Directorates/service areas to implementing equality
impact and needs/requirements assessments.
- Documented evidence
of commitment within Directorates/service areas to develop equal access
to services plans.
- Documented evidence
of commitment within Directorates/service areas to equality action planning
and target setting and monitoring.
- Evidence of allocation
of resources within Directorates to this process.
- Non-discriminatory
employment/training practices.
- Equality assessment
of local labour market area, workforce profiling and target setting.
- Equal pay review.
- Standard range
of application forms and job descriptions.
- Ensure personnel
system has the capacity to produce comprehensive monitoring reports.
- Commitment to
developing a programme for staff training in equalities issues.
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