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Employees and applicants for employment, of both sexes and all racial groups have a right to equal opportunities of employment.
The purpose of the following statement is to reinforce the awareness of all employees of their duty to comply with the law on sex discrimination, race discrimination, and disability discrimination.
To encourage a positive attitude towards fairness of treatment and opportunity, the Authority has adopted policies to prevent unlawful discrimination and promote equal opportunity in employment. The following statement of policy should be read carefully and fully observed at all times.
The West Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Authority are committed to equal opportunity. It is determined to ensure that no job applicant, employee, or service user receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of age, sex, race, colour, ethnic or national origin, nationality, creed, disability, trade union activities, political, or religious beliefs, sexual orientation or marital/parental status, or is disadvantaged by conditions or requirements which cannot be shown to be justified. We seek to ensure that employees are not subjected to harassment of any kind.
The West Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Authority will endeavour to increase the proportion of under represented groups to serve in the Fire & Rescue Authority and recognises that positive action is required to implement this policy.
The Director of Human Resources has particular responsibility for the implementation and monitoring of this policy. Continuous monitoring and assessment of the policy is undertaken by members of the Equality and Fairness Steering Group. To ensure that managers and other relevant decision makers understand their position in law and under the Authority’s policy, training and guidance is provided.
The law requires that individuals shall not unlawfully discriminate or help others to do so. Eliminating discrimination and providing equality of opportunity depends upon personal commitment.
All members and employees of the Authority without exception must observe the requirements of the equal opportunities policy and apply its principles.
Individuals who feel that they have grounds for complaint in relation to discrimination should pursue their complaint through the personal harassment procedure, the grievance procedure or in the case of service users through the Authority’s complaints procedure.
The Authority will not tolerate discrimination and in order to ensure that such discrimination does not take place, all selection, appointment, promotion procedures are clearly stated and are open to examination by the Authority’s Equal Opportunities Monitoring Officer. Where barriers to equal opportunity are identified any necessary changes will be made.