Diversity: Raising the bar - a Law in Practice feature
http://www.personneltoday.com/articles/2008/09/15/46152/diversity-raising-the-bar-a-law-in-practice-feature.html9/15/2008
Setting up a diversity policy can be a daunting task. Notice must be taken of a host of legislation, including race relations, sex and age discrimination, sexual orientation regulations, disability discrimination as well as the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations and the Part Time Workers Regulations.
"Diversity is a huge subject and we wanted to create champions for the specific areas as we saw them," says Gatt. The aim is for the champions to get to grips with the deeper issues in their area so they can devise initiatives and feed suggestions into the wider inclusivity group.
Various initiatives have been launched in these five key areas. The lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender network has held informal, low-key meetings to help build members' confidence. It has also forged links with lobby group Stonewall.
