In brief, listed Scottish public authorities must: prepare and publish a race equalityscheme, showing how it will meet its general and specific duties. include a statement of those of its functions and policies, or proposed policies, which it has assessed as relevant to its performance of the race equality duty set out its arrangements for assessing and consulting on the likely impact of its proposed policies on the promotion of race equality; set out its arrangements for monitoring its policies for any adverse impact on the promotion of race equality; publish the results of such assessments, consultation and monitoring ensure public access to information and services which it provides train staff in connection with the race equality duties review the scheme at least every three years. undertake employment monitoring and publish annually the results of this monitoring, including the numbers of: (i) staff in post; and (ii) applicants for employment, training and promotion, from each such group; and where the public authority has 150 or more full-time staff, the numbers of staff from each such group who: (i) receive training; (ii) benefit or suffer detriment as a result of its performance assessment procedures; (iii) are involved in grievance procedures; (iv) are the subject of disciplinary procedures; or (v) cease employment with that person or other body. An educational body must prepare a written statement of its policy for promoting race equality and have in place arrangements for fulfilling, as soon as is reasonably practicable, its race equality duties.
An educational bodies must also assess the impact of its policies, including its race equality policy, on students and staff of different racial groups; monitor, by reference to those racial groups, the admission and progress of students and the recruitment and career progress of staff; and include in its written statement of its race equality policy an indication of its arrangements for publishing that statement and the results of its assessment and monitoring; and take such steps as are reasonably practicable to publish annually the results of its monitoring.
| In brief, listed Scottish public authorities must: prepare and publish a disability equalityscheme, showing how it will meet its general and specific duties. gather and use information on how the public authority's policies and practices affect disability in the workforce and in the delivery of services. involve disabled people in the development of the scheme and include in the scheme a statement of how this was done. assess the imp act of its current and proposed policies and pract ices on gender equality, and to pay due regard to the results of those impact assessments. implement the actions set out in its scheme within three years, unless it is unreasonable or impracticable to do so. report against the scheme every year and review the scheme at least every three years.
In addition, Scottish Ministers must:
publish reports which give an overview of progress towards disability equality being made by public authorities and set out proposals for coordination of action by public authorities in order to bring about further progress. These reports must be published every 3 years. | In brief, listed Scottish public authorities must: prepare and publish a gender equalityscheme, showing how it will meet its general and specific duties and setting out its gender equality objectives. consider the need to include objectives to address the causes of any gender pay gap. gather and use information on how the public authority's policies and practices affect gender equality in the workforce and in the delivery of services. consult stakeholders (i.e. employees, service users and others, including trade unions) and take account of relevant information in order to determine its gender equality objectives. assess the imp actof its current and proposed policies and pr actices on gender equality, and to pay due regard to the results of those impact assessments.
implement the act ions set out in its scheme within three years, unless it is unreasonable or impracticable to do so.
report against the scheme every year and review the scheme at least every three years. In addition to the duty set out above, listed Scottish public authorities with more than 150 full-time staff must: prepare and publish an equal pay statement, that sets out that authority's policy on equal pay between men and women; report against the statement and review the statement, at least every three years. Finally, Scottish Ministers must: set out priority areas which Scottish Ministers have identified for the advancement of equality of opportunity between women and men; report on progress in those priority areas, at least every three years. |