Just West Yorkshire: Equal Opportunities 

Equal Opportunities
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Just Team on 29 April, 2008 03:33:00
 
JUST WEST  YORKSHIREEQUAL OPPORTUNITIES POLICY  STATEMENT Equal Opportunities 
means: The responsibilities of  our staff and employment policies for
recruitment, selection, training,  development and promotion are designed to
ensure that no job applicant, employee  or client receives less favourable
treatment on the grounds of:
*Race 	*Colour 	*Nationality 	*Ethnic or National  Origin
*Gender 	*Marital  Status 	*Sexuality 	*Responsibility for  dependants
*Religion and  Faith 	*Disability 	*Age (job  applicants/employees - to 65)
	*Unrelated Criminal  Convictions
This policy statement is  based on appropriate legislation and is designed to
provide a framework within  which equality of opportunity can operate
effectively within the  Centre.The  objective of this policy is to ensure that
individuals are selected, promoted  and otherwise treated solely on the basis of
their demonstrated skills,  abilities and potential to do a job effectively.
Supervisors/Managers need  to take overall responsibility for the successful
implementation of the policy  by:
*Making the policy known to  all staff and job applicants to the Centre
	*Providing appropriate  opportunities to develop the employment potential of
all employees 	*Ensuring all existing and  potential employees and contractors
receive equal consideration to undertake a  job
*All Committee Members and  employees are bound by this policy and must:
*Comply with this Equal  Opportunities policy statement or face disciplinary
penalties 	*Co-operate with measures  introduced by management to make sure
there is equality of opportunity 	*Not themselves  discriminate, for example, as
supervisors or as persons responsible for dealing  with clients and/or decisions
in recruitment, promotion or deployment 	*Not induce or attempt to  induce other
employees or clients to practice unlawful discrimination 	*Draw attention to the
 Director orally and in writing to suspected discriminatory acts or  practices
	*Not victimise or attempt  to victimise employees or clients on the grounds
that they have made complaints  or provided information about discrimination on
any grounds 	*Not harass, abuse or  intimidate other employees or clients
	*Understand that  harassment, abuse or intimidation of other employees or
clients will be treated  as a disciplinary matter and action will be taken
against offenders 	*Ensure that all  contractors working on behalf of JUST
operate within an equal opportunities  framework and is able to comply with JUST
equal opportunities  policy.
ADVERTISING
All job advertisements,  both internal and external, will include the following
 statement:JUST West Yorkshire is an  Equal Opportunities Employer