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- 1. Demystifying Equality: An introductionto Equality & Diversity Facilitated by Equality South West
- 2. Introductions • Name • JobTitle • What experience have you had of equality and diversity?
- 3. Workshop objectives • Tounderstand what is meant by equality & diversity • To understand what is meant by discrimination, victimisation & harassment • To understand the different types of discrimination • To understand the basic legislative requirements around equality & diversity • To better understand how equality & diversity impacts on the work of your organisation
- 4. We hope thatthe session will be... • • • • • Interactive (no question too daft) Accessible for all Jargon free (ish) Uninterrupted by phones (unless urgent) Respectful of everyone in the room
- 5. Diversity Bingo • Collect5 signatures, horizontally, vertically or diagonally. • The same person can sign more than once, but not in the same line. • You may not sign your own sheet. • The facilitators may sign it too. • The first person with 2 complete lines wins.
- 6. What is Equality& Diversity?
- 7. What is Equality? Equalityis...? a)Treating everyone the same b)Treating everyone according to their needs c)Treating everyone nicely
- 8. Equality is treatingeveryone according to their needs.
- 9. 9 ‘Protected Characteristics’ • • • • • • • • • Age Disability Genderreassignment Marriage and civil partnership Pregnancy and maternity Race Religion or belief Sex Sexual orientation
- 10. Real life experiences Atransman talks about his transition from female to male and his experiences. You Tube – Stephen Whittle
- 11. What do theprotected characteristics mean to you? Age Marriage & Civil Partnership Disability Se x Rac e Sexual Orientation Religio n or Belief Pregnancy & Maternity Gender Reassignmen t
- 12. What is diversity? •the way in which we all differ ” – Clements and Jones (2000)
- 13. Real life experiences Ayoung woman who is a natural size zero describes how she was bullied at school and has had to constantly justify her weight to others. You Tube – Sarah Whitehurst
- 14. What is Discrimination, Harassment& Victimisation?
- 15. What is discrimination? “…peoplebeing thought of as having different worth or value, being treated differently or given fewer opportunities because of their identities”. (Learner Voice, LSC) Three types of discrimination: •Direct •Indirect •Institutional
- 16. Direct Discrimination Direct discriminationoccurs when you treat someone less favourably than you treat (or would treat) another because of a protected characteristic. E.g. Refusing to serve a customer because they are Asian.
- 17. Indirect Discrimination Indirect discriminationoccurs when an organisation has criteria, policies, procedures or practices which, although they apply to all employees or service users, have the effect of disproportionally disadvantaging a particular group or groups of people. E.g. Putting in a job advert that a full UK drivers license and access to a car is essential.
- 18. Institutional Discrimination Institutional discriminationoccurs when the culture, policies, systems and procedures in an organisation inherently discriminate against a group or groups of people. E.g. A garage that only recruits male mechanics.
- 19. Real life experiences Aformer self-harmer describes her experience and why she now wants to help others to stop. You Tube – Tyfanny Booker
- 20. Harassment Harassment is “unwantedconduct related to a relevant protected characteristic, which has the purpose or effect of violating an individual’s dignity or creating an intimidating, hostile, degrading, humiliating or offensive environment for that individual”. E.g. A manager making homophobic jokes in
- 21. Victimisation Victimisation occurs whenan employee is treated badly because they have made, supported or are suspected to have made or supported a grievance under The Equality Act. E.g. Being ignored by colleagues because you took a grievance out against your manager for sexual harassment.
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- 23. Main purposes ofThe Equality Act 2010 “To harmonise discrimination law, and to strengthen the law to support progress on equality". • Streamlines and combines previous legislation to make things easier for businesses; • Provides new measures to fight discrimination • Extends previous protections to cover 7 equality ‘strands’ plus marriage and civil partnerships, pregnant women and new mothers.
- 24. Headline provisions include • • • • • • • • • • New‘Protected characteristics’ Age discrimination: goods, facilities and services New definitions of discrimination Banning pay secrecy clauses Protections for carers Positive action Public Sector Equality Duty Public procurement Banning of pre-employment health questionnaires Stronger protections for disabled people
- 25. Public Equality Duty Inthe design and delivery of public services providers must: • Eliminate discrimination – 9 protected characteristics • Advance equality of opportunity between people who share a protected characteristic and those who do not • Foster good relations
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- 28. Workshop objectives • Tounderstand what is meant by equality & diversity • To understand what is meant by discrimination, victimisation & harassment • To understand the different types of discrimination • To understand the basic legislative requirements around equality & diversity • To better understand how equality & diversity impacts on the work of your organisation
Editor's Notes
- #2 Show ESW video using link
- #4 I hope that by the end of the session we will have achieved these objectives.
- #5 We realise that for some E&D can be an emotive subject. This session is an opportunity for us to talk through your experiences , thoughts and opinions in a safe place. Nobody has to share any information about themselves that they don’t wish to.
- #6 You can not ask “which boxes can you tick” or “which of these apply to you”? Q – How did you find that exercise? Opportunity to see how diverse the group is and to show that some differences are visible whilst others are not. Q – How did it feel asking people these questions? Q – Were there some questions that you found more uncomfortable to answer than others? Why do you think this was?
- #9 Misconception that equality is about treating people the same. Equality is actually about treating people differently and sometimes more favourable to ensure that everyone is a given a fair chance. This picture highlights the different needs of the animals to pick the fruit. E.g. Creating an application pack in font size 12 may be fine for a person without a visual impairment, but for someone with a sight related disability their needs will be different. Q – When we talk about Equality we sometimes talk about the ‘equality strands’ or ‘protected characteristics’ as recognised in law. What do you think these strands may be?
- #11 Play video clip.
- #12 Q – How do issues around these protected characteristics affect you in your current role?
- #14 Play video clip.
- #17 Q - Can you give more examples of direct discrimination that could occur in your workplace?
- #18 Q - Can you give more examples of indirect discrimination that may occur in your workplace?
- #19 ‘The way things are done around here’. Ingrained and hard to challenge & change. Q – can you think of any organisations/ services that have been accused of institutional discrimination in the past?
- #20 Play video clip.
- #22 An employee is not protected from victimisation if they have maliciously made or supported an untrue complaint. There is no longer a need to compare treatment of a complainant with that of a person who has not made or supported a complaint under the Act.