There have been several EDI Tribunal cases reported recently, with fines in the region of £50k to £60K.

One has to ask, why in this day and age do EDI issues reach tribunal stage?

Digging deeper it appears that too many Employers may be paying only lip service to EDI and equality legislation.

It is very easy to write and publish policies and procedures BUT unfortunately that, in many businesses is where they end.

Filed away on a hard drive, left forgotten on a website. For many organisations many of their front of house policies are more about PR and appearing compliant than actually being compliant.

If a policy is to be effective is needs to be trained out to all appropriate staff. Staff need to understand what is and what is not acceptable and have the confidence to report breaches;

Managers and leaders need to understand how to respond when a breach is identified or reported.

Not acceptable here policies demand more, far more than just words on a piece of paper

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