The Castle Point Plan

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Equal Employment Opportunities

Copies of the Council's strategies and plans for ensuring that all members of the Council's workforce are treated in a fair and equitable manner are provided below:

Human Resources Strategy - 2018 [pdf] 333KB

Workforce Plan 2022 - 2023 [pdf] 166KB

The Council is required to keep records on the equality characteristics of its workforce.

 

Equality in numbers

 

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Percent of employees with disabilities
Proportion of employees with a disability

5%

6%

5%

6.5%

7.6%

7.5%

9%

7%

6.8%

7.7%

7.4%

 

 

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2014

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Percent of employees by age

16-21

4%

6%

7%

5%

5%

5%

7%

6%

5%

3%

4%

22-35

21%

18%

20%

22%

21%

21%

22%

23%

24%

24%

23%

36-44

19%

21%

14%

13%

14%

14%

13%

13%

14%

15%

16%

45-55

36%

31%

38%

37%

36%

34%

33%

32%

32%

32%

30%

56-65

19%

22%

19%

21%

22%

24%

23%

24%

24%

25%

26%

Over 65

1%

2%

2%

2%

2%

2%

2%

2%

1%

1%

1%

 

 

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Percent of employee ethnicity

White British

97%

97%

96%

97%

97%

97%

97%

98%

97%

96%

97%

Other Ethnic Groups

3%

3%

4%

3%

3%

3%

3%

2%

3%

4%

3%

 

 

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Percent of employee gender

Male

44%

43%

43%

42%

44%

43%

42%

43%

43%

42%

41%

Female

56%

57%

57%

58%

56%

57%

58%

57%

57%

58%

59%