05-17-2013, 11:23 AM
Resolution 15 - equality impact assessments carried
15. EQUALITY IMPACT ASSESSMENTS
This Conference condemns the statement made at the CBI Conference last
year by the Prime Minister announcing their intention to scrap Equality Impact
Assessments.
This announcement only serves to bring our ongoing fears to fruition and
confirms the Government’s lack of understating on equality and discrimination
issues.
Unions, in particular their equality sections, have worked tirelessly to ensure
employers have written policies in place on structures and procedures, but also
to attain accountable, measurable and transparent tools to defend equality rights
across the board. Also tools to ensure that they will defend these rights and
progressive changes already in place.
This cynical move by the current Westminster Government is irresponsible and
retrograde and takes the equality agenda back decades.
We call on the Executive Council, in consultation with the equality sections, to
work within the national structures of the Fire and Rescue Service to ensure
that Equality Impact Assessments are defended. Also that the Executive
Council work with the TUC and other equality organisations to campaign,
lobby and fight to defend not only these assessments but all positive equality
legislation currently in situ. This to be done as a matter of urgency with reports
issued to the membership on a regular basis.
LOTHIAN & BORDERS
15. EQUALITY IMPACT ASSESSMENTS
This Conference condemns the statement made at the CBI Conference last
year by the Prime Minister announcing their intention to scrap Equality Impact
Assessments.
This announcement only serves to bring our ongoing fears to fruition and
confirms the Government’s lack of understating on equality and discrimination
issues.
Unions, in particular their equality sections, have worked tirelessly to ensure
employers have written policies in place on structures and procedures, but also
to attain accountable, measurable and transparent tools to defend equality rights
across the board. Also tools to ensure that they will defend these rights and
progressive changes already in place.
This cynical move by the current Westminster Government is irresponsible and
retrograde and takes the equality agenda back decades.
We call on the Executive Council, in consultation with the equality sections, to
work within the national structures of the Fire and Rescue Service to ensure
that Equality Impact Assessments are defended. Also that the Executive
Council work with the TUC and other equality organisations to campaign,
lobby and fight to defend not only these assessments but all positive equality
legislation currently in situ. This to be done as a matter of urgency with reports
issued to the membership on a regular basis.
LOTHIAN & BORDERS