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9. EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES POLICY

PURPOSE

The company is fully committed to developing positive policies to ensure no-one is
discriminated against or victimised in any way and are afforded equal opportunities in
recruitment, selection, promotion and training, regardless of sex, sexual orientation,
marriage and civil partnership status, age, disability, pregnancy and maternity, gender
reassignment, religion or belief, race, creed, colour, ethnic and national origins. The
Director and management team fully support the achievement of the following
objectives:

a. Ensuring this policy and the Codes of Practice issued by the Equality and Human
Rights Commission under the new Equality Act 2010 are communicated and
understood by all employees during induction, training programmes and are
readily available for reference thereafter

b. Ensuring that the company’s policies and procedures are under constant review to
ensure compliance with all relevant legislation and best practice

c. Ensuring that sources of recruitment are as broadly based as practical, and all
relevant media and job adverts are free from any bias or discriminatory comment.
Where necessary issuing formal instructions to ensure recruitment, selection,
training and promotion policies are known by managers/supervisors

d. That opportunities for promotion, training and career development are free from
any form of discrimination or victimisation

e. Ensuring that positive action is only used in circumstances prescribed under the
Equality Act 2010

f. That pre-employment health questions will only be asked in compliance with the
guidelines provided in the Equality Act 2010

g. Having an open door policy whereby all comments and suggestions are welcomed
in respect of both the company’s equal opportunities policy and any other policy