{"id":1359,"date":"2020-10-27T10:04:18","date_gmt":"2020-10-27T10:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eoc.govmu.org\/eoc\/?page_id=1359"},"modified":"2021-08-26T20:08:17","modified_gmt":"2021-08-26T16:08:17","slug":"equal-opportunity-policy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eoc.govmu.org\/eoc\/?page_id=1359","title":{"rendered":"Equal Opportunity Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1359\" class=\"elementor elementor-1359\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-27ab4450 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"27ab4450\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4e7a75a1\" data-id=\"4e7a75a1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b88a38b\" data-id=\"b88a38b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23ae773 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"23ae773\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"370\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/eoc.govmu.org\/eoc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/banner-moris.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1236\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eoc.govmu.org\/eoc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/banner-moris.png 370w, https:\/\/eoc.govmu.org\/eoc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/banner-moris-300x162.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 370px) 100vw, 370px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6cdebfae elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6cdebfae\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-126b6d37\" data-id=\"126b6d37\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e63a9d5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e63a9d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Equal Opportunity Policy <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-9c2479d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9c2479d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-bc30838\" data-id=\"bc30838\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-444f8a4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"444f8a4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>An Equal Opportunity Policy is used within a workplace to protect employees from discrimination issues. The term \u201cequal opportunity\u201d is a broadly used expression which promotes the idea that everyone within an organisation should have an equal chance to apply and be selected for posts, to be trained and promoted and to have their employment terminated equally and fairly.<\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">The primary aim of the Equal Opportunities Commission is to promote and protect everyone\u2019s right to equal opportunities in the workplace as laid down in the Equal Opportunities Act 2008 .<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">As per section 9 of the Act, every employer employing more than 10 employees on a full-time basis is required to draw up and apply an Equal Opportunity Policy in line with the guidelines and codes issued by the Equal Opportunities Commission.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">The Commission issued the <a href=\"\/eoc\/?page_id=1451\">Guidelines for Employers<\/a> under section 27(3) (f) of the Act which came into effect on 15 April 2013.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Although the guidelines do not impose any legal obligation, yet they may be used in evidence in legal proceedings brought under the Act.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Equal Opportunity Policy An Equal Opportunity Policy is used within a workplace to protect employees from discrimination issues. The term \u201cequal opportunity\u201d is a broadly used expression which promotes the idea that everyone within an organisation should have an equal chance to apply and be selected for posts, to be trained and promoted and to &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/eoc.govmu.org\/eoc\/?page_id=1359\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Equal Opportunity Policy<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1359","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eoc.govmu.org\/eoc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eoc.govmu.org\/eoc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eoc.govmu.org\/eoc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eoc.govmu.org\/eoc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eoc.govmu.org\/eoc\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1359"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/eoc.govmu.org\/eoc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1359\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1542,"href":"https:\/\/eoc.govmu.org\/eoc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1359\/revisions\/1542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eoc.govmu.org\/eoc\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}