Bar's Council's mandatory known EDO appointment
Annex M - The Role of a Chambers Equal Opportunities Officer
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The Bar Council Code of Conduct requires all sets of chambers to appoint a member of chambers to have responsibility for equal opportunities issues within chambers. Large sets of chambers may choose to appoint more than one member of chambers and share the various responsibilities, whereas small members of chambers may only be able to appoint one member.
In making the appointment, chambers should seek to appoint a member with sufficient seniority to ensure that equal opportunities issues are given a high priority.
The chambers equal opportunities officer (EOO) may have responsibility for the whole range of diversity issues (race, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, religious belief), or these may be shared between a number of members of chambers.
The EOOs role will involve the following:- · development and implementation of chambers equal opportunity policy. Ensuring that all policies within chambers are in accordance with the requirements of the Equal Opportunity Policy. · providing or organising equal opportunities training or briefing for members of chambers and staff. · advising Head of Chambers, Chairman of Pupillage Committee, member of Chambers Management Committee etc on equal opportunities issues. · advising individual members or chambers staff on equal opportunities issues. Providing an informal route for the resolution of grievances arising out of equal opportunities issues. · analysing the monitoring data from pupillage or staff recruitment exercises and ensuring that these analyses are brought to the attention of relevant members of chambers and that any recommendations are acted upon.
The EOO should exercise these functions in accordance with the management structure in chambers and should ensure that the role and function is known to all members of chambers and chambers staff. He or She should not only work closely with the chambers management structure but must also be available for advising the most junior member of staff or chambers pupil.
Chambers will be requested, through the annual chambers returns, to notify the Bar Council of the name of their Equal Opportunities Officer. This will enable us to target our information on equal opportunities initiatives to the most appropriate member of chambers. The Equality and Diversity Committees intend to organise briefing sessions for chambers equal opportunities officers.
Click here to download Annex M as a Word document Click here to download Annex M as a PDF document
The Bar Council Code of Conduct requires all sets of chambers to appoint a member of chambers to have responsibility for equal opportunities issues within chambers. Large sets of chambers may choose to appoint more than one member of chambers and share the various responsibilities, whereas small members of chambers may only be able to appoint one member.
In making the appointment, chambers should seek to appoint a member with sufficient seniority to ensure that equal opportunities issues are given a high priority.
The chambers equal opportunities officer (EOO) may have responsibility for the whole range of diversity issues (race, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, religious belief), or these may be shared between a number of members of chambers.
The EOOs role will involve the following:- · development and implementation of chambers equal opportunity policy. Ensuring that all policies within chambers are in accordance with the requirements of the Equal Opportunity Policy. · providing or organising equal opportunities training or briefing for members of chambers and staff. · advising Head of Chambers, Chairman of Pupillage Committee, member of Chambers Management Committee etc on equal opportunities issues. · advising individual members or chambers staff on equal opportunities issues. Providing an informal route for the resolution of grievances arising out of equal opportunities issues. · analysing the monitoring data from pupillage or staff recruitment exercises and ensuring that these analyses are brought to the attention of relevant members of chambers and that any recommendations are acted upon.
The EOO should exercise these functions in accordance with the management structure in chambers and should ensure that the role and function is known to all members of chambers and chambers staff. He or She should not only work closely with the chambers management structure but must also be available for advising the most junior member of staff or chambers pupil.
Chambers will be requested, through the annual chambers returns, to notify the Bar Council of the name of their Equal Opportunities Officer. This will enable us to target our information on equal opportunities initiatives to the most appropriate member of chambers. The Equality and Diversity Committees intend to organise briefing sessions for chambers equal opportunities officers.
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