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Championing Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace

Ensuring Your Colleagues and Organisation Benefit from Workforce Practices

Overview

Implementing workplace diversity and inclusion is not only beneficial from an ethical perspective, but it also has direct tangible benefits for the performance of your organisation and the engagement of your employees.

The Equality Act 2010 ensures that all workplaces are fair, equal and compliant with the law, however, developing a strategy that champions diversity and implementing a workplace culture of inclusion can help your organisation achieve greater staff retention and motivation, create a happier work environment and cut costs associated with staff turnover.

Host this highly interactive In-House, one-day training course to learn how to champion diversity and inclusion in the workplace. Gain insight into a number of real-life case studies to receive advice on how to respond to certain diversity-related scenarios, how to apply legislation in real terms and get an update on the ever-developing stance of the law.

Learn how their strategy and procedures have been developed, the results in terms of inclusion, engagement and business outcomes, and gain practical tips to replicate back at your organisation. Work with the Chair to create a positive, innovative strategy to implement back at work and reap the benefits of a happier, more inclusive workforce.

Learning Outcomes

  1. Understand current legislation surrounding diversity and inclusion, including an update on the Equality Act 2010 and the implications this has on your organisation

  2. Learn how a strategic, robust diversity strategy can benefit your workforce

  3. Gain insight into a number of real life case studies on how to apply the legislation in practice

  4. Develop an action plan on how to champion diversity and inclusion across your organisation’s workforce



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Agenda

9:15 - 9:45 Registration

9:45 - 10:00 Chair’s Welcome and Clarification of Learning Objectives

10:00 - 11:00 Diversity and Inclusion: The Equality Act 2010 (EqA)

  • The nine protected characteristics under the EqA

  • Understand the different forms of discrimination

  • The Equality and Human Rights Commission

  • Public Sector Duty

  • Discuss and ask what you know and assess how to fill the gaps in your knowledge

11:00 - 11:15 Morning Break

11:15 - 12:00 Case Study: Championing Diversity and Inclusion at St. Mungo’s Charity

  • Hear from award-winning charity St. Mungo’s on the work they have done to increase diversity and inclusion across their organisation

  • Know the positive business outcomes which can be gained through establishing inclusiveness as a core organisational value

  • Gain practical tips which can be replicated back in your workplace

12:00 - 12:30 Diversity and Inclusion: Decisions in the Courts

  • Hear about recent legal decisions in the courts

  • Understand the implications of these for diversity and inclusion in the workplace

  • Know how these updates can affect you and your organisation

12:30 - 13:00 Case Study – Gender

  • Hear from the Chair about a real-life scenario when gender has been a topic of dispute

  • Learn from what was done in this instance and the effects of this

  • Discuss what could have been done differently

  • Know how to champion gender equality in the workplace

13:00 - 13:45 Lunch

13:45 - 14:30 Case Study – Disability

  • Hear from the Chair about a real-life scenario when disability has been a topic of dispute

  • Listen to what was done well and what could have been done better

  • Know how to champion disability equality in the workplace

14:30 - 14:45 Diversity and Inclusion: What is Going to Change?

  • Learn about a number of cases still to be decided

  • Discuss future Legislation

  • Current Consultation Processes

14:45 - 15:00 Afternoon Break

15:00 - 15:30 Case Study – Transgender

  • Hear from the Chair about a real-life scenario when transgender equality has been a topic of dispute

  • Learn best practice and how to incorporate positive strategies within your working practices

  • Know how to champion transgender equality in the workplace

15:30 - 16:00 Diversity and Inclusion: Creating a New Workplace Culture

  • How do you create a culture of diversity and inclusion in the modern workplace?

  • What underpins the culture and how to communicate the message

  • Develop an action plan on how to champion diversity upon your return to work

16:00 - 16:15 Feedback, Discussion, Evaluation & Close

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