Issue - meetings

The Committee resolved:-

to note the report.

The Committee had before it a report by the Director of Resources which advised of the outcome of the Council’s participation in the Equally Safe at Work pilot employer accreditation programme.  The report advised that the programme had been developed and run by ‘Close the Gap’, Scotland’s national policy and advocacy body working on women’s labour market equality, to address gender inequality and gender-based violence and had been piloted in seven ‘early adopter’ Councils, including Aberdeen City Council.  The aim of the programme was to support employers in reviewing workplace culture and ensuring that policies and practices were enhanced to address gender inequality at work and prevent gender-based violence.

The report noted that the Council had been advised on 29 January 2021 that it had been successful in attaining the accreditation at the Bronze level, with the accreditation period beginning on 9 March 2021 and lasting two years until 9 March 2023.

The report recommended:-

that Committee note the content of the report.

The Committee resolved:-

to note the report.