22 August 2022Dignity At Work Policy
One of the Civility & Respect project objectives is to strengthen the governance arrangements across our sector to better support councils.
The Dignity at Work Policy is the first of a series of new or revised governance documents which are being developed by the project team.
The documents have been reviewed by a focus group made up of clerks, councillors, monitoring officers, and county associations, and approved by NALC and SLCC for use.
The Dignity at Work policy will replace any previous Bullying and Harassment Policy. It encompasses behaviours beyond bullying and harassment, and zero tolerance, with the aim of dealing with concerns before they escalate.
It has been produced with supporting guidance because it is so important that any commitment made in the policy is applied in practice.
Wording has been suggested to demonstrate a council’s commitment to promoting dignity and respect where they have signed up to the Civility and Respect Pledge.
Councils who have not signed up to this are requested to consider making this pledge which is based on basic behaviours and expectations of all council representatives to create workplaces that allow people to maintain their dignity at all times. Click here to take the pledge.
