Diversity and Equality

Eastleigh Borough Council is positive about Diversity/Equality.  The aim of this policy is to ensure that no job applicant, employee, council tax payer, customer or member of the public receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of disability, marital status, colour, ethnic origin, religion, belief, age, gender, sexual orientation, or is disadvantaged by conditions or requirements which cannot be shown to be justifiable.

Equality Monitoring

To ensure that its Diversity/Equality Policy is working, the Council considers it essential to keep up to date information about job applicants.  All applicants are therefore requested to give information regarding equality issues which will be treated as strictly confidential and used for statistical purposes only. Please note - ethnic origin is not about nationality, place of birth or citizenship, it is about colour and broad ethnic group.

People with Disabilities

The Council recognises its responsibility in respect of persons with disabilities, and undertakes to give applicants with disabilities full and fair consideration for all vacancies having regard to their particular aptitudes and abilities. Any disabled applicant who meets the essential criteria will be shortlisted for interview.  It will also provide, as far as is reasonably practical, suitable facilities and make reasonable adjustments. 

Investors in People (IiP)

The IiP Standard has 10 indicators an organisation must achieve, as part of its culture and day-to-day work, these are:

• A strategy for improving the performance of the organisation is clearly defined and understood.
• Learning and development is planned to achieve the organisation’s objectives.
• Strategies for managing people are designed to promote equality of opportunity in the development of the organisations people.
• The capabilities managers need to lead, manage and develop people effectively are clearly defined and understood.
• Managers are effective in leading, managing and developing people.
• People’s contribution to the organisation is recognised and valued.
• People are encouraged to take ownership and responsibility by being involved in decision-making.
• People learn and develop effectively.
• Investment in people improves the performance of the organisation.
• Improvements are continually made to the way people are managed and developed.

After our last assessment, it was officially confirmed that:

`Eastleigh Borough Council continues to meet and in some way exceeds the principles and Indicators of the National standard and thus unreservedly remains an Investor in People organisation`.

Data Protection Statement

Eastleigh Borough Council is committed to performing its obligations under the Data Protection Act 1998 "the Act".  Eastleigh Borough Council will strive to observe the law in the collection and processing of data and will only use data in a relevant way to carry out its legitimate functions.  Care will be taken in the collection and storage of sensitive data and staff will be adequately trained in order to ensure that they are aware of their obligations under the Act.