Knowing your workforce and its diversity profile

Workforce auditing and profiling

Gathering information about the make-up of the workforce

Benchmarking

Measuring performance against that of best in class or other quality standards

Equality impact assessments

Assessing the effects that a function or policy is likely to have on your workforce or customers

Knowing your labour market and customer base

SSC

Contact your SSC to find out what is happening in your sector and in your local area

www.bgateway.com

Contact your local business support agencies such as Business Gateway or local chambers of commerce

Looking at your company’s systems and procedures

Legislative framework

Employment laws governing equality in the work place

Action learning sets

Using every day work problems to find real solutions to diversity

Equality-proofing recruitment procedures

Finding and placing in jobs the right people from diverse backgrounds

Champions, mentors, ambassadors and coaches

Use of key people to promote equality and diversity action

Checklists

Action planning to meet legislative and regulatory requirements

Diversity self-monitoring

Assessing how much you or your employees know about diversity issues

Sub-contracting and diversity

Using the purchasing power of companies to promote diversity within other companies

Workplace Equality Index (WEI)

Rating of top employers for gay people according to set criteria

Flexible contracts and diversity

Promote diversity within  the workforce through contracts that recognise that every employee is different

Bringing about cultural change in your company

Mainstreaming equality and diversity

Ensuring that policies, programmes and services meet diverse needs of the workforce and customers.

Employee Diversity Forums and Networks

Mainstreaming diversity through dedicated staff teams and networks

DVD Training resources

Example of awareness raising training resource

E-libraries

Provide resource materials for in-house training and development of company policies and procedures.

Bonus driven diversity

Promoting quality standards and working practices that promote diversity within a company.

Cultural promotion

Promoting diversity in the workforce through cultural events and exchanges