INVERNESS CALEDONIAN THISTLE FOOTBALL CLUB

EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES POLICY

Inverness Caledonian Thistle Football Club is committed to ensuring equal treatment of all and requires all employees and members of staff of whatever level or authority, to abide and adhere to this general principle and the requirements of the Codes of Practice issued by the Equal Opportunities Commission and Commission for Racial Equality.

Our employees and members of staff are expected to abide by the requirements of the Race Relations Act 1976, Sex Discrimination Act 1986 and Disability Discrimination Act 1995. Specifically discrimination is prohibited by:

• Treating any individual on grounds of gender, colour, marital status, race, nationality or ethnic or national origin, religion, sexual orientation or disability less favourably than others.
• Expecting an individual solely on the grounds stated above to comply with requirement(s) for any reason whatsoever related to their membership, which are different from the requirements for others.
• Imposing on an individual requirements or conditions which are in effect more onerous on that individual than they are on others. No individual will be placed at a disadvantage by requirements or conditions, which cannot be shown to be necessary to the satisfactory conduct of the job or task.
• Victimisation or harassment of an individual by virtue of discrimination.
• Any other act or omission of an act, which has the effect of disadvantaging an individual against another, or others, purely on the above grounds. Thus all of our recruitment, selection, promotion and training processes, as well as disciplinary matters, it is essential that merit, experience, skills and temperament are considered as objectively as possible.

We commit ourselves to the immediate investigation of any claims of discrimination on the above grounds and where such is found to be the case, an undertaking that the practice cease forthwith, restitution of damage or loss (if necessary) and to the investigation of the member of staff accused of discrimination.

Any employee or member of staff found guilty of discrimination will be instructed to desist forthwith and will be dealt with under the club's disciplinary procedures.

We oppose all forms of unlawful or unfair discrimination on the grounds of disability. No applicant, employee or member of staff shall receive less favourable treatment than others, because of disability. The difficulties of their disability permitting, assistance will be provided, wherever possible, to ensure that disabled employees or members of staff are helped to gain access and to undertake their duties. Appropriate training will be provided to those employees and members of staff who request it.

For further information please contact ICTFC Chief Executive on 01463 222880.