About equal opportunities

We will also implement and maintain employment practices that ensure no employee or potential employee is treated unfavourably because of their sex, sexual orientation, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion and belief, age, disability or any other grounds which cannot be justified, either in job related terms or as a requirement of law.

We acknowledge that successful equalities strategies need the commitment of managers and the co-operation of employees and this will be achieved by a programme of action to develop employment practices and fair service provision.

Procedures will be monitored and reviewed to ensure that discrimination, either direct or indirect, cannot go undiscovered. We will not tolerate discriminatory practices.

Our Equality Schemes aim to promote equality of opportunity for all who live in, work in or visit the Derbyshire Dales.

Our first Equality Scheme was published in 2002. This was a Race Equality Scheme. We have now taken the opportunity to build on that good practice, and not only revise our Race Equality Scheme but also publish a Disability Equality Scheme and a Gender Equality Scheme as well.

To view our new Equlities Schemes and Action Plan or the Equalities Scheme Report follow the links under related documents.