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(i)       to note that officers would provide detail of the timescales for the introduction of Diversity Packs in the report due to Committee in June 2023;

(ii)       to note the employee information update presented as part of the 2023 Equality Outcomes Progress Report presented to Anti-Poverty and Inequality Committee attached at Appendix 1 and Appendix 2;

(iii)      to note the work undertaken to date, provided within the Progress Report at Appendix 1 and Appendix 2, as part of the Council’s Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan to meet our Equality Outcomes as an employer; and

(iv)      to instruct the Chief Officer – People and Organisational Development to provide an update to Staff Governance Committee at a future meeting of the Committee on any impact this report has on the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan as well as any changes, updates or new areas of focus based on the data and analysis.

The Committee had before it a report by the Director of Customer Services which set out the employee information which had been presented as part of the 2023 Equality Outcomes Progress Report to the Anti-Poverty and Inequality Committee at its meeting on 8 March 2023, and provided assurance on work being undertaken to meet the Council’s employer Equality Outcomes in line with the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan.

The report recommended:-

that the Committee –

(a)      note the employee information update presented as part of the 2023 Equality Outcomes Progress Report presented to Anti-Poverty and Inequality Committee attached at Appendix 1 and Appendix 2; and

(b)      note the work undertaken to date, provided within the Progress Report at Appendix 1 and Appendix 2, as part of the Council’s Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan to meet our Equality Outcomes as an employer.

The Committee resolved:-

(i)       to note that officers would provide detail of the timescales for the introduction of Diversity Packs in the report due to Committee in June 2023;

(ii)       to approve the recommendations; and

(iii)      to instruct the Chief Officer – People and Organisational Development to provide an update to Staff Governance Committee at a future meeting of the Committee on any impact the report had on the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan as well as any changes, updates or new areas of focus based on the data and analysis.

-          COUNCILLOR NEIL COPLAND, Convener