Equal At Work

Community and Voluntary Sector Site
EQUAL at Work, developed through the Dublin Employment Pact (DEP), came to an end in 2004. Exchange House was the lead organisation in the community and voluntary sector site.

Two pieces of research were carried out by the Community and Voluntary site. The first aimed to identify existing HR practices in relation to promoting equality and diversity through systems of recruitment and progression within the Community and Voluntary sector. It also identified barriers to the further development of good practice in these areas. The second looked at the impact of funding mechanisms and reporting arrangements on the human resource practices of Community and Voluntary organisations.

Both pieces of research were carried out with a view to documenting and collecting data around human resource issues impacting on equality and diversity in organisations in the sector. The ultimate aim was to raise awareness of these issues and to lobby for change both within the organisations themselves and within the government departments and agencies which fund them.

A training module was developed on the issue of equality and diversity in human resources for community and voluntary organisations. This module was delivered as part of the National College of Ireland’s course on Management in the Community and Voluntary Sector.

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