Equal Opportunities Policy Statement

IPT Design aims  to  be  an  equal  opportunities  employer  and  undertakes  to  apply  objective criteria  to  assess  merit.  It  aims  to  ensure  that  no  job  applicant  or  employee  receives  less favourable treatment on the grounds of race, colour, national or ethnic origins, sex, marital status,   sexuality,   disability,   membership   or   non-membership   of   trade   union,   “spent convictions’ of ex-offenders, class, age, political or religious belief.

Selection  criteria  and  procedure  will  be  reviewed  to  ensure  that  individuals  are  selected, promoted and treated on the basis of their relevant merits and abilities.

All employees will be given equal opportunity and, where appropriate and possible, special training to enable them to progress within the Firm. The Firm is committed to a programme of action  to  make  this  policy  effective,  to  minimise  the  possibility  of  discrimination  and  find means of combating it whenever it arises.

Disability Discrimination Policy

In line with the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 it is Firm policy not to discriminate against disabled persons whether in, or applying for employment. To achieve this policy the following procedures must be applied:

Job advertisements will provide equal opportunity to all applicants and will not discriminate in any way against disabled persons.

Disabled applicants for employment will not be considered less favourably than those without disabilities, except where there is a substantial reason preventing employment.

Consideration  will  be  given  to  making  reasonable  adjustments,  where  practicable,  to  the workplace and methods of working to accommodate disabled applicants.

Appointments  of  disabled  people  will  be  made  on  the  same  terms  and  conditions  as  other comparable employees without disabilities.

Disabled employees will be given equal opportunity in applications for training and promotion and will not be considered any less favourably because of their disability. Any acts of discrimination on the grounds of disability should be reported to the appropriate person.

Allegations of discrimination on the grounds of disability will be investigated and disciplinary action will be taken against anyone found to have acted in any way which is in breach of this policy.