Gender Equality Scheme

From April 2007 the general duty amends the Sex Discrimination Act to place a statutory duty on all public authorities, when carrying out functions, to have due regard to the need:

To eliminate discrimination and harassment that is unlawful under the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (SDA) and discrimination that is unlawful under the Equal Pay Act 1970 (EqPA)
To promote equality of opportunity between men and women

The purpose of this document is to:

Publish this Gender Equality Scheme to demonstrate how we intend to fulfill the General and Specific Duties.
Show how we will involve women, men and Trans people in the development of the scheme.
The scheme includes a statement of:
- how we intend to involve women, men and trans people in the development of the scheme
- our methods for Impact Assessment
- steps which we will take towards fulfilling the General Duty (the action plan)
We will within three years of the scheme being published, take the steps set out in our action plans (unless it is unreasonable or impractical for individual organisations to do so) and put into effect arrangements for gathering and making use of information.
We will publish a report containing a summary of the steps taken under our action plans, the results of our information gathering and the use to which we have put the information.

Staffordshire's Vision

As equal opportunity empolyers in Staffordshire, we are committed to promote gender equality within the community and in the workplace with regards to all services, employment and functions by;

promoting equality of opportunity between women and men
Ensuring that gender equality is embedded throughout strategic objectives and Corporate plans
Ensuring that service users and employees are treated with dignity and respect at all times regardless of their gender

Eliminate unlawful discrimination by:

Ensuring that no existing, potential employee or service user will receive less favourable treatment than another on the grounds of gender or gender re-assignment
Seeking to ensure that when we commission services, work in partnership or procure goods or services that the organisations that we work with understand, adhere to and practice equal opportunity policies
Encourage applicants from all members of the community
Ensuring that Trans employees have confidence in our procedures and feel supported

Eliminate harassment by:

Ensuring that Service users and employees are treated with dignity and respect at all times regardless of their gender

Promoting equality of opportunity by:

Undertaking Equality Impact Assessments on all new, proposed and existing (where reasonable) functions, policies and reviews
Ensuring all employees receive equal pay for work of equal value

For more information about our gender equality scheme, please click here

Useful Links

Last Modified: 08/08/2007 16:08:15
Back to top