Equality and diversity overview

Gender

Unlawful sex discrimination happens when someone is treated unfairly because of their gender. Women, men and transsexual people can all experience sex discrimination. Sex discrimination also includes treating someone less favourably because they are married or in a civil partnership, for example, by not hiring married women.

The council recognises men and women will often have different needs and expectations from services. These are based on a range of factors including: 

  • caring responsibilities
  • different working patterns
  • social circumstances
  • access to resources.

So Slough is able to maintain its position as employer of choice and be an effective service provider, we recognise the need to tackle sex discrimination and ensure the talents, knowledge, skills and experience of all our employees are utilised and rewarded irrespective of gender.

The council supports the principle that men and women should receive equal pay for work that is: 

  • broadly the same
  • regarded as equivalent
  • equal value.

In order to achieve equity in our payment procedure Slough will operate a pay structure, which is transparent, fair and objective.