Equal Opportunities
Reviewed & Updated by TGV in Jan 2025
EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES POLICY
ELH is an organisation which promotes and upholds equal opportunities for all. As an employer, it is committed to providing equal opportunities throughout employment, including recruitment, training and promotion of staff and to eliminating discrimination in the workplace, whether on grounds of gender, marital status, sexual orientation, age, race, colour, national or ethnic origins, nationality, religion, or disability. All job applicants and staff are treated equally and ELH makes every effort to make reasonable adjustments where appropriate for disabled applicants and workers.
ELH’s aim is to ensure that our workers are selected, trained, promoted or otherwise treated according to their own merits and abilities.
Everyone who works for ELH (whether employed or not) has a responsibility to ensure that the ELH’s equal opportunities policy is properly observed and fully complied with. ELH will not tolerate any form of discrimination, bullying or harassment in the workplace. Anyone found to be responsible for an act of discrimination, bullying or harassment will be dealt with through ELH’s disciplinary procedure which may result in dismissal.
ELH is an organisation which promotes and upholds equal opportunities for all. As an employer, it is committed to providing equal opportunities throughout employment, including recruitment, training and promotion of staff and to eliminating discrimination in the workplace, whether on grounds of gender, marital status, sexual orientation, age, race, colour, national or ethnic origins, nationality, religion, or disability. All job applicants and staff are treated equally and ELH makes every effort to make reasonable adjustments where appropriate for disabled applicants and workers.
ELH’s aim is to ensure that our workers are selected, trained, promoted or otherwise treated according to their own merits and abilities.
Everyone who works for ELH (whether employed or not) has a responsibility to ensure that the ELH’s equal opportunities policy is properly observed and fully complied with. ELH will not tolerate any form of discrimination, bullying or harassment in the workplace. Anyone found to be responsible for an act of discrimination, bullying or harassment will be dealt with through ELH’s disciplinary procedure which may result in dismissal.
Everyone who studies at ELH is required to follow our Code of Conduct and to behave with respect to all staff and students at ELH regardless of gender, marital status, sexual orientation, age, race, colour, national or ethnic origins, nationality, religion, or disability. ELH will not tolerate any form of discrimination, bullying or harassment and anyone found to be responsible for an act of discrimination, bullying or harassment will be dealt with through ELH’s disciplinary procedure which may result in expulsion (ie asked to leave and not return to the school).
If you believe that you have been the victim of discrimination, bullying or harassment you should raise the issue through ELH’s grievance procedure. ELH is concerned to ensure that you feel able to raise any such issue and in confidence, and that you will not be penalised for raising it unless it is untrue or brought in bad faith.
Commitment to Fairness:
We pledge to treat everyone with dignity and respect.
How ELH will ensure fair selection.
How the policy applies to the public and service users.
Specific provision for people with disabilities.
How the policy's effectiveness will be checked.
A process for dealing with any breaches of the policy.
We pledge to treat everyone with dignity and respect.
- "All staff, volunteers, and clients will be treated fairly and with respect. We are committed to creating a working environment that is free from bullying, harassment, and victimisation".
How ELH will ensure fair selection.
- "Selection for employment, promotion, and training will be based on aptitude, ability, and the objective criteria outlined in our Recruitment and Selection Policy".
How the policy applies to the public and service users.
- "ELH commits to ensuring that all people, regardless of their background or circumstance, enjoy a fair and equal opportunity to access our services".
Specific provision for people with disabilities.
- "ELH is committed to making reasonable adjustments to working practices to support individuals with disabilities and will consult with you to explore any necessary adjustments, such as extended time for tests or assistance from a reader or scribe".
How the policy's effectiveness will be checked.
- "ELH will regularly monitor the effects of selection decisions and personnel practices to assess whether equal opportunity is being achieved and will take action to implement any necessary changes".
A process for dealing with any breaches of the policy.
- "ELH will investigate all complaints of discrimination or harassment seriously and fairly, ensuring no one is victimised for making a legitimate complaint".
