Employers 'struggle to understand' diversity and equality
08-12-2006
The largest barrier for employers to understand diversity is through lack of awareness ad embarrassment to discuss the issues while still appearing sympathetic.
Acas (Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service), commissioned the survey and found all areas of diversity were difficult for employers to confront.
The advisory service has just released a new discussion paper that is designed to help employers know their rights and the rights of their employees.
A common misconception outlined in the paper is that disabled people cannot be sacked and those on sick leaves were untouchable as well.
Acas chief executive John Taylor said it staff work with thousands of people in industry to discover the issues and behaviours concerning business firsthand.
"It seems that although there has been improvement in understanding what equality and diversity means in general there are still vast misconceptions about the detail especially among small employers," he noted.
The new Acas paper addresses areas of embarrassment and ignorance in hopes that the whole concept would be "demystified".
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