Purpose

This report provides an annual update looking
back at progress made in 2023/2024 to make the council a fairer and
more inclusive employer, and also includes the gender, ethnicity
and disability pay gap reports for 23/24, with recommended actions
to focus on going forward.

Content

1)           
That Cabinet notes the report and progress made to
date.

2)           
That Cabinet agrees the data-driven approach to
prioritise actions and allocate resource where there is greatest
need, as set out in the report, for example, to improve the
experiences of disabled staff and better understand the impacts of
different intersecting identities.

3)           
That Cabinet notes the proposal set out at
paragraph 3.13 to explore the collation of socio-economic
background data to provide further insight ahead of the
government’s proposal to enact the socio-economic duty of
Section 1 of the Equality Act 2010.