Background

People & Development (P&D) is responsible for implementing and managing people policies to support organisational culture. It aims to create modern, legally compliant documents that are accessible, inclusive and equip the workforce to live the organisation’s values.

Following Sir Iain Livingstone’s statement to the Scottish Police Authority (SPA) on institutional discrimination a causal review of all policies and procedures affecting employment has taken place. The aim of the review was to identify which policies and procedures should be prioritised for development/review over the next 12-18 months in support of the organisations commitment to diversity and inclusion.

To ensure compliance with the public sector equality duty, improve efficiency and fairness within this process, a rational decision-making model has been developed. The model is a transparent method of identifying priorities based on objective criteria, integrating several data sources across a range of factors to ensure all aspects of diversity and inclusion are given appropriate consideration within the available resources to complete the work.

Some parts of the model rely on quality data and support its application and in order to achieve this:

• A single register of policies and procedures affecting employment has been created.
• All employment procedures have been checked to ensure they have a EqHRIA.
• A review of risks and actions linked to policy or procedure has been undertaken.
• A review of all mitigating actions has been undertaken; and
• A review of all cyclical review dates has been obtained.