Equality & Diversity Equality is about making sure
people are treated fairly and given fair chances. Equality is not about
treating everyone in the same way, but it recognises that their needs
are met in different ways. Equality focuses on those areas
covered by the law, namely the key areas of race, gender, disability,
religion or belief, sexual orientation and age. In addition to the
legislation which seeks to prevent discrimination in all these areas, we
have a public duty to promote equality and remove discrimination in
race, gender and disability. People must not be unfairly
discriminated against because of any of these factors and we must all
contribute to creating a positive workplace environment where
discriminatory practices and discrimination no longer happen. -And diversity? Diversity is about valuing
individual difference. So 'diversity' is much more than just a new word
for equality. A diversity approach aims to recognise, value and manage
difference to enable all employees and learners to contribute and
realise their full potential. Diversity challenges us to recognise and
value all sorts of differences in order to make BMR (UK) Ltd and
the services we provide work better for everyone . Why are equality and
diversity important? Diversity is also about
recognising that our learners come from different backgrounds. If we
welcome diversity, value each other and treat each other
fairly, we will work better together. In doing so we will provide a
better service to all our learners. It will help our learners to approach us and use our services if we have a diverse workforce
and assessors that
feel comfortable with and understands their different needs. So
diversity will also contribute to improving the services we provide.
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