Agenda item

Report of the Director of Human Resources.

The Committee received a Report of the Director of HR updating Members on the 2019-2020 Equality and Inclusion Action Plan.

officers confirmed that:

·         they were committed to achieving the 45% target within the deadline (2023); they would however examine ways in which a more granular approach could be taken, namely drilling down into the statistics by department;

·         any workstreams emerging from the action plan would be funded from the HR department’s local risk budget.

Members noted the development of the race charter, they requested that more thought needed to be put into how the Corporation tracked and measured progress in this area.

Officers responded that they would return in September with further details.

In addition, the Chair asked Members to endorse the 2019/20 Action Plan. Members agreed to endorse.

RESOLVED – that the Committee noted the Report and endorsed the Action Plan.