A guide to delivering equality and diversity in business

An equality policy reflects your business’s commitment to equal opportunities; promising to treat all employees, and potential employees, fairly and considerately. To ensure that your business is delivering an effective equality and diversity policy ACAS recommend’s that you:

1. Review your existing equality policy and action plan – or write a new policy if you don’t have one.

2. Monitor how the policy is working in practice – this is the critical stage in delivering equality in the workplace.

3. Take action, where needed, to address inequality and promote diversity

 ACAS has published a new guide for employers which can help you to review your equality policy and action plan – or to write one. It also has a useful question and answer section, along with a sample equality policy and monitoring form:

Delivering Equality and Diversity (Needs Acrobat Reader to open)

A 12 page summary is also available:-

Delivering Equality and Diversity: A Summary Guide (Needs Acrobat Reader to open)