Equality and fairness
afhconsulting is committed to high quality engagement – both in our working relationships with team members and associate colleagues and when working with clients, stakeholders and consultees.
It is the policy of afhconsulting to treat all employees, job applicants, colleagues, clients and consultees, fairly and equally regardless of their sex, sexual orientation, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion, age, disability or union membership status.
Furthermore, afhconsulting will ensure that no requirement or condition will be imposed without justification which could disadvantage individuals purely on any of the above grounds.
The policy applies to recruitment and selection, terms and conditions of employment including pay, promotion, training, transfer and every other aspect of employment and engagement.
afhconsulting will regularly review its procedures and selection criteria to ensure that individuals are selected, promoted, or otherwise treated and engaged with according to their relevant individual abilities and merits.
afhconsulting strives to consult in an inclusive manner, we review all strategies and approaches taken to ensure that consultation reaches out to and engages interest groups and use mixed media approaches to offer as many opportunities as possible for engagement with our work and voices to be heard.
afhconsulting is committed to the implementation of this policy and to a programme of action to ensure that the policy is, and continues to be, fully effective. The overall responsibility for the policy lies with Anne Harper, however, all team members and associate colleagues are required to comply with the policy and to act in accordance with its objectives so as to remove any barriers to equal opportunity.
Any act of discrimination by team members and associate colleagues or any failure to comply with the terms of the policy will result in disciplinary action.