As an organisation we should be able to demonstrate that we are meeting current legislative requirements and being proactive in delivering against our responsibilities.
This includes fulfilling our duties under legislation and the targets set out in our Race, Disability, Gender and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transpeoples (LGBT) Equality Schemes. These requirements must also be met as part of our overall Annual Plan and the objectives set out in our Corporate Plan.
A summary in regard to specific areas of legislation and how they apply to EHL is detailed as following by:
Sexual Orientation
Gender
Race
Disability
Human Rights
Harassment
Employment
Some areas are crosscutting and may overlap, others are more specific. All are relevant to all our stakeholders which include:
Customers and their families, carers and visitors
Employees
Eastbourne Borough Council (EBC)
External agencies
Partnerships
Contractors working on our behalf
Customers working on our behalf
Voluntary groups
Trade Unions
Please click on links to the left to access areas of legislation.