Equality Policies and Public Service Benefits (HSC201)

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Effectiveness of policies and review how equality
provision benefits public services

Table of contents
• Slide 3 – Introduction
• Slide 4-6 – P5
• Slide 7-11 – P6
• Slide 12 – Conclusion
• Slide 13 – Reference List

Introduction
A company can survive and thrive not only by the employee’s productivity
but also by the prevailing work culture. A better work culture can be
developed by the fair treatment and the policy framework of the company.
NHS is one of the pioneers who have constantly maintained the image of
creating a better workplace including diversity and equality which will
inspire the employees to work more.

P5 Describe the development of organisational policy, with
reference to legislation and the role of trade unions.
NHS has set up its equality and diversity council which provides special
services to improve the experience and also the health of the diverse
workforce.
Organisational policies:
Equality is one of the prime prospects in an organisation which helps to
create equal opportunities for every member irrespective of its culture or
colour. The company tries to abide with the Equality Duty as given in the
Equality Act 2010. This is very important as it helps to attract more
stakeholders to grab a huge hold.
So, the company has adopted policies which go in parallel with the human
rights commission.

P5 Describe the development of organisational policy, with
reference to legislation and the role of trade unions.
Role of trade unions:
Trade unions also play a major role in supporting the employees other than
the corporate legislations. They help the companies to preserve the
fundamental rights of the employees operating in the company. The trade
unions play a major role in protecting the rights of the employees in NHS
also. The 12 trade unions have forced the health secretary of UK to give
the required funding that NHS requires to start its project in the medical
domain.

P5 Describe the development of organisational policy, with
reference to legislation and the role of trade unions.
Anti-discriminatory activities:
NHS strongly follows the Equality law, 2010 where the employees can
connect directly to the manager or the Human Resource. They can also
contact the trade union bodies to report their bullying cases (GOV.UK,
2019). To further stop this, they have also collaborated with ACAS by
creating a helpline to prevent the bullying and the harassment faced in the
workplace.

P6 Explain how equality, diversity and fair treatment can
benefit the work of the public services.
Workplace culture
Sometimes, bullying takes place at the workplace where the employees
constantly face some friction in their operation. Bullying makes the lives
miserable and lowers the morale of the staff. Negativity spreads in the
organisation and hampers the work culture by mocking and bullying.

P6 Explain how equality, diversity and fair treatment can
benefit the work of the public services.
Prejudice and discrimination
Often several cases have come up like prejudice and discrimination in the
workplace. Prejudice can be in the form of racial, sexual or some other ways.
Effect on the victim - As per the survey conducted, it has been found that about
12% of the employees have experienced some kind of discrimination due to
their ethnicity or language (peoplemanagement.co.uk, 2018). This not only
degrades the performance of the colleagues but also breaks them manually.
Effect on the perpetrator – Sometimes, the prejudice and discrimination can be
misunderstood and as a result an environment of animosity may be created.
Effect on the company – The employee turnover increases due to the negativity
in the atmosphere and as a result, the image of the company is affected badly.

P6 Explain how equality, diversity and fair treatment can
benefit the work of the public services.
For a company to perform effectively, a well-balanced corporate culture is very
mandatory. Anybody can work productively and in a better way in an
environment free of harassment or any bullying activities. If equality and
diversity is promoted successfully, then it will help the business to grow also.
Equality
Definition: Equality means giving equal opportunities that can motivate the
employee force to work more to achieve the common organisational objectives.
The company has adopted the EDS system to create a cooperative
atmosphere. It has been found that with the reduction in gender gap, more
women can showcase their skills which the male community lacks.
Equality will give equal opportunities to the employees working in the
workplace which will improve the work culture thereby reducing the
employee turnover.

P6 Explain how equality, diversity and fair treatment can
benefit the work of the public services.
Diversity
Definition: Diversity means creating diverse work culture that helps the
company to progress in the positive side which has several reasons to be
implemented.
Impact on current and future employees
Diversity can bring huge benefits in the form of more diverse workforce
which will help the company. This will bring diversity in the workplace as
there is a chance of the growth of business opportunities. As the working
population in UK is getting aged, so the entry of the women and ethnic
people will try to boost the sector respectively. A diverse workforce will
help the company to target a diverse range of clients which will improve
the company’s culture.

P6 Explain how equality, diversity and fair treatment can
benefit the work of the public services.
Fair treatment
Definition: Fair treatment is a defined as the name, gender or race can’t be
a problem to get a job or in the job. If a person do not believe that whoever
they are and wherever from that does not effect on the job. The best way is
not hiring the same type person just like the person who was there.
This fair treatment can also effects many thing other than industry. Their
daily life also affects in fair treatment. How much they participate in the
social activities or how much they are appreciating the society. Society is
fond of this equality and fairness in recent days. According to the
government law, every person are equal. Age, religion, gender, race do not
matter in any organization.

Conclusion
It can be concluded that maintaining the equality, diversity and fair
treatment in the work culture will not only try to improve the work culture
but also try to attract more stakeholders. NHS is one of the pioneers in
maintaining a diverse workplace and has maintained a 55% reservation for
female in their roles. In addition, NHS has also tried to introduce the
stepping and the ready now programmes which have helped the ethnic
communities to grow in the upcoming years.