HR EDI Online Inclusive Recruitment Guide
Purpose of the Guide:
The guide is an essential part of the HR Recruitment process for staff involved in recruitment/selection. It is inclusive of legislative/best practice to minimise potential discrimination and demonstrate compliance in providing equality of opportunity to applicants. It is mandatory to complete the Online Recruitment Training Module.
2. Job Design
2.1 Inclusive Job Descriptions (inc Job Titles)
2.2 Inclusive Person Specifications
2.3 Inclusive Health Requirements
3. Advertising
3.1 Inclusive Arrangements
3.2 Inclusive Content
3.3 Recruitment Agencies
4. Application
4.1 Inclusive Adjustments
4.2 Inclusive Personal Requests & Monitoring
5. Selection
5.1 Inclusive Short Listing
5.2 Inclusive Assessments
5.3 Inclusive Interviews
6. Avoiding Discrimination per equality grouping
6.1 Age
6.2 Disability
6.3 Gender Reassignment
6.4 Marriage and Civil partnership
6.5 Pregnancy and Maternity (including Paternity)
6.6 Race (colour, ethnic or national background)
6.7 Religion or Belief (including non-belief)
6.8 Sex/Gender
6.9 Sexual Orientation
7. Alignment to Funding expectations
July 2020 note re Microsoft Teams accessibility:
- The Microsoft Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) technology service is built-into MS Teams, providing an option for text captions. To use live captions in a meeting, go to your meeting controls and select More options ... > Turn on live captions.
- MS Teams Accessibility support webpage
Document Tracking:
Sources: Titles of equalities legislative/good practice have been utilised:
| Institution | Guidance |
| EHRC | Equality Act (2010) – Statutory Code of Practice for Employment |
| EHRC | What equality law means for you as an employer: when you recruit someone to work for you (Jul 2011) |
| ACAS | Recruitment & Induction (Oct 2010) |
| ACAS | Delivering Equality & Diversity (Oct 2010) |
| ECU | Developing Staff Disclosure (2009) |
| ECU | Managing flexible retirement and extended working lives (Dec 2011) |
| UK Resource Centre for Women in SET | Good Practice Guide – Recruitment & Selection (2005) |
Abbreviations and weblinks:
ACAS = Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service
EHRC = Equality & Human Rights Commission
ECU = Equality Challenge Unit
Equality Impact Assessment
Reviewed: 31 Jul 2014 - EHRC Pre-employment health questions Guidance for job applications on 'Section 60 of the Equality Act (2010)'.