Acas launches guide to monitoring equality and diversity in the workplace
Acas has launched a new equality and diversity guide addressing the vital role monitoring plays in equality and diversity in the workplace. The new publication is designed to help employers review, implement and monitor their equality policy.
The guide shows employers how to approach equality and diversity in areas such as recruitment, pay and training. It points out that the starting point for any programme to address fairness at work is an equality policy with an action plan to back it up. The action plan should always include a stage to review policy and check the action points.
The guide emphasises that an action plan represents a business’s promise to treat all employees fairly and considerately. To make sure this promise becomes a reality, the guide advises employers to:
- review existing action plans or write a new policy if one does not exist;
- monitor how the policy is working in practice; a critical stage in delivering equality in the workplace;
- take action when and where it is needed to re-address any inequality.
Steve Williams, Acas Equality and Diversity expert commented: “To really get to grips with equality and diversity in the workplace can be a complicated topic. So this guide will be a valuable resource for businesses and managers. Putting in place the measures to implement a balanced and fair workplace will create benefits for businesses and employees.”
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