One Workplace Equal Rights

Challenging Racism: Employers

Positive Action:

An employer can take positive action to provide workers from a particular racial group access to facilities or services to meet their special needs with regard to education, training or welfare. An example would be the provision of special classes to learn English in order to access a particular job or training.

Setting targets for recruiting and retaining workers from minority groups

Offer training for exclusively for under-represented groups

Encourage workers from under-represented group to apply for jobs by widening recruitment procedures.

Other things an employer can do are:

1. Engage in consultations with minority ethnic groups.
2. Work in partnership with Trade Unions
3. Fulfil legal requirement (Rights at Work)
4. Encourage best practice and support campaigns that support equality.

See also: Best Practice section

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