Agenda item

EDI and Stonewall - Update

Report of the Chief Operating Officer.

Minutes:

The Committee received a Report of the Chief Operating Officer concerning the key Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion activities. It also included the ongoing work towards the Stonewall Diversity Champions programme.

 

In response to a concern raised about the use of non-gendered pronouns, the Deputy Chair assured Members that no one would be upbraided if they addressed someone by an incorrect pronoun in genuine error. However, if someone deliberately and continuously ignored a person’s wish to be addressed by a non-gendered pronoun, then that would require some form of corrective action.

 

The Chief Operating Officer informed the Committee that the post-TOM intention was that there would be four individuals assigned as part of the Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team within the wider HR Department - further details would be provided in due course.

 

RESOLVED – that the Committee noted the Report.

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