Christine Maitland-Francis
Equalities Officer
Strategic Planning
Children and Families
City of Edinburgh Council
Tel: 0131 469 3459
See information on good practice and resources (Word)
The Equalities Review, Fairness and Freedom (PDF, 1.3MB), warns that despite the significant progress achieved over the past 60 years, some kinds of inequality are set to remain at intolerable levels, and calls for a new approach to tackling discrimination and disadvantage.
This policy addresses any unfair treatment of employees by other employees and by service users as part of its actions to encourage and develop an anti-discriminatory culture.
Fair Treatment at Work policy (PDF)
Applies to all employees and applicants for employment to eliminate unfair or unlawful discrimination in employment within in the Council, among other things.
Equality and Diversity in Employment policy (PDF)
The Disability Discrimination Act 1995, 2005 and Case Law have provided guidance on what constitutes a disability and what does not. All staff are expected to be aware of these definitions and classifications. For more clarity, please see the document below.
Definition of Disability (Word, 57kB) or (PDF version) - revised Dec 07
An equalities induction pack has been created to help all staff gain a basic minimum understanding of legislation, policy and good practice in equality, inclusion and diversity in the Children and Families Department.
Download the induction pack (Word, 290kB) / (PDF, 226kB)
A new document has been produced providing guidance on positively challenging bullying, racism and discrimination.
Download the document here (PDF, 342kB)
You can also download the Recording Form here (PDF, 71kB)