They can expect to be treated with dignity and respect and will not be discriminated against on any grounds including age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.
Patients have a responsibility to treat other patients and our staff with dignity and respect. Staff have the right to be treated fairly in recruitment and career progression. Staff can expect to work in an environment where diversity is valued and equality of opportunity is promoted.
Staff will not be discriminated against on any grounds including age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. Staff have a responsibility to ensure that you treat our patients and their colleagues with dignity and respect. An inclusive environment can only be created once we are more aware of our unconscious biases, and have learned how to manage them. Discrimination on the grounds of any of these characteristics is illegal.
Discrimination can take many forms including direct discrimination, indirect discrimination, bullying, harassment and victimisation. What were you looking for? Please do not include any personal information, for example email address or phone number.
Unfortunately we cannot respond to individual requests for information. If you need help, call our helpline on A workplace encouraging equality, diversity and inclusion can help: make it more successful keep employees happy and motivated prevent serious or legal issues arising, such as bullying, harassment and discrimination to better serve a diverse range of customers improve ideas and problem-solving attract and keep good staff Equality Equality in the workplace means equal job opportunities and fairness for employees and job applicants.
Find out more about: the law on discrimination and protected characteristics what you must do if you work in the public sector the public sector equality duty Diversity Diversity is the range of people in your workforce.
Print Download. Here are some resources for you to learn more about equality, diversity, and inclusion in the workplace. The Equality Act was introduced in Great Britain to reduce unlawful discrimination and promote equal opportunities and good relations between individuals.
All of these should be respected rather than used as reasons for discrimination or exclusion. Discrimination for any of these reasons is considered harassment and is illegal.
There is no set limit to the amount of compensation that can be awarded in cases of discrimination. Organisations are bound to design equality and diversity principles that highlight their commitment to promote equality and diversity in the workplace.
Direct discrimination is directly and actively penalising someone because of their protected characteristics. For example, an employer that refuses to hire Muslims or homosexuals. Indirect discrimination is when a working arrangement that works well for everyone else is putting an individual at a disadvantage.
An easy example of this is when personal protective equipment is provided to employees, but only in sizes suitable for males and inappropriate for female colleagues. Victimisation is when an employee suffers something that causes disadvantage, damage, harm, or loss because of participating in or supporting the reporting of discrimination.
An employee fired because of reporting their boss for racist discrimination has experienced victimisation. Building a diverse working environment should look to hire people of different races, gender, and ages.
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