Alexander Associates believe that all employers have a duty to work to avoid discrimination in employing staff and in providing services and has committed itself to take appropriate steps to avoid discrimination. All registrations will be based on merit and no job applicant or employee will be discriminated against by reason of their race, religion, sex, ethnic origin, creed or disability

Alexander Associates aims to be an equal opportunity employer, and has a policy for this purpose.

This policy covers all aspects of employment, from vacancy advertising, selection recruitment and training to conditions of service and reasons for termination of employment.

To ensure that this policy is operating effectively (and for no other purpose) the company maintains records or employee's and applicants' racial origins, gender and disability.

Ongoing monitoring and regular analysis of such records provide the basis for the appropriate action to eliminate unlawful direct and indirect discrimination and promote equality of opportunity.

The company's long term aim is that the composition of our workforce should reflect that of the community. Timetabled targets will be set for groups in the community that are identified as being underrepresented in the workforce. Where necessary, special steps, as permitted by the relevant Acts of Parliament, will be taken to help disadvantaged and/or underrepresented groups to complete for jobs on a genuine basis of equality.

The company's EOEP, and the measures to implement it, have been devised on the basis of advice from the relevant bodies as well as in consultation with appropriate union and/or employee representatives.

Vacancy Advertising

Wherever possible, all vacancies will be advertised simultaneously internal and externally.

Steps will be taken to ensure that knowledge of vacancies reaches underrepresented groups internally and externally.

Wherever possible, vacancies will be notified to job centres, careers offices, schools, colleges, polytechnics, etc, with significant minority group rolls, as well as to minority press/media and organisations.

All vacancy advertisements will include an appropriate short statement on equal opportunity.

Selection and Recruitment

Selection criteria (job description and employee satisfaction) will be kept under constant review to ensure that they are justifiable on non-discriminatory grounds as being essential for the effective performance of the job.

Wherever possible, more than one person must be involved in the selection interview and recruitment process, and all should have received training in equal opportunities.

Wherever possible, women, minorities and disabled persons will be involved in the short-listing and interviewing processes.

Reasons for selection and rejection of applicants for vacancies must be recorded.

Personnel Records

In order to ensure the effective operation of the equal opportunity policy (and for no other purpose) a record will be kept of all employees' and job applicants' gender, racial origins and disability.

Where necessary, employees will be able to check/correct their own record of these details. Otherwise, access to this information will be strictly prohibited.

Such records will be analysed regularly and appropriate follow-up action taken.

To obtain a hard copy of our policy, please contact 0845 539 2 539.

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