What is equality planning?
Equality planning is a concrete tool for promoting equality and non-discrimination
systematically.
Equality planning can be used to develop practices and operating methods that promote nondiscrimination at all levels of the organisation, for example from management to recruitment, communications and facility solutions. The planning also helps organisations proactively commit to the principle of equality.
We encourage all organisations to promote equality through planning. However, the authorities, education and early childhood education providers, and employers regularly employing more than 30 people are required by law to draw up an equality plan.
The duty to promote non-discrimination
and equal opportunities
Under the Non-Discrimination Act, authorities, employers, education and training providers,
and organisers and service providers of early childhood education and care are required
to assess and promote equality in their activities. The employer’s duty to promote equality applies to all workplaces.
The equality plan includes
- an assessment of the current state of equality in the organisation
- the measures required to promote non-discrimination.
The equality plan is drawn up for a fixed period, and it also includes a scheme for monitoring the plan's measures and assessing the impacts.
