Equality of opportunity
Nottinghamshire County Council believes that people who apply for jobs with the Authority and existing employees have the right to equality of opportunity and fairness in the way that they are recruited, deployed and developed.
Statutory duty
A number of Equality Impact Assessments have been undertaken in order to assess the equality implications of the service review proposals for service users, other stakeholders and County Council employees.
The Council, therefore, wants to ensure that its employment practices and services are free from discrimination and prejudice. As part of this overall commitment the Council needs to fulfil the statutory duty placed on all public sector employers, including local authorities, under the Equality Act (2010) to:
- monitor the profile of their workforce
- analyse how this is reflected in the recruitment, deployment and development of its employees
- publish the relevant data on a regular basis
- identify any negative trends or issues and take any necessary action to address these.
The specific duty for schools does not come into force until 31 December 2011 but we have chosen to include this information where it is available.
We are going through a large scale organisational redesign, which has led to limited recruitment. This has impacted on the ability to make changes in some areas.
Report
The full report for 2011 is provided below:
