| Employment Equality Policy |
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Waterford Leader Partnership Ltd. is an Equal Opportunities employer. To this end we are committed to ensuring that no staff member or applicant to Waterford Leader Partnership Ltd. receives less favourable treatment than any other of the grounds of Gender, Marital Status, Family Status, Disability, Sexual Orientation, Age, Religion, Race and Membership of the Traveller Community. We are committed to ensuring that we meet our legal obligations under Equality Legislation. We fully intend to implement not only the letter but also the spirit of the law. We seek to prevent any form of discrimination, whether direct or indirect against our employees. We pledge ourselves that all job applications and promotions are treated on their merits and abilities. Our focus is to develop and encourage an Equality culture and attitude within the organisation. The objective is to ensure that all staff will be treated fairly and with dignity and respect in an environment free from Bullying and Harassment.Providing Equal Opportunities is a fundamental responsibility of management. We also consider it to be good business. All Employees are expected to adhere to the Policy of Equal Opportunity for all. Breaches of any aspect of our Equality Policy will be treated as serious misconduct under our Disciplinary Procedures. All complaints from Employees in relation to Employment Equality will be handled in accordance with our Grievance Procedures. We also operate a specific Policy on Bullying and Harassment (Details on all our Policies and Procedures are contained in our Employee Handbook). An Equality Officer is in place to ensure the effective implementation of this policy. Every effort will be made to ensure this policy is communicated effectively both internally and externally. A detailed copy of our Employment Equality Policy is available on request.
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| Last Updated on Thursday, 05 April 2007 11:13 |
