GOOD EMPLOYER POLICY

PURPOSE

The State Sector Act requires every employer in the Education Service to operate a personnel policy to ensure fair and proper treatment of employees in all aspects of their employment.

OBJECTIVES

1. The board will take all reasonable steps to ensure that good and safe working conditions exist for employees in the provision and condition of the working environment and facilities, and will respond to all reasonable and achievable requests made by employees.

2. Each year the board will develop and publish an equal employment opportunities programme, and ensure that it is complied with. The programme will recognise the aims and needs of the Maori people.

3. The board will recognise the needs of ethnic and minority groups, and the employment requirements of women and persons with disabilities by responding to all reasonable and achievable requests made by employees.

4. Each year the board will make budget provision to support training and development programmes intended to enhance the abilities of individual employees with the expectation that funds used in

this way will be reflected in enhanced employee performance in aspects of their work.

5. The board will take all other reasonable steps to ensure that it is a good and fair employer by responding to issues and concerns raised by employees.

EFFECTIVENESS REVIEW

This policy will be reviewed at least annually according to the board's timetable of Effectiveness Reviews.

The policy will be conducted in the form of a questionnaire offered to each employee. The questionnaire will include the following items:

(i) Have you read the board's Good Employer Policy?

(ii) In your experience, has the board acted in accordance with its policy objectives:

Objective 1: Yes No

Objective 2: Yes No

Objective 3: Yes No

Objective 4: Yes No

Objective 5 Yes No

Where, in your opinion, the board has not acted in accordance with a policy objective, please describe

(a) what the board failed to do

(b) what you did in drawing the matter to the board's attention

(c) what you expect should happen.

(iii) The board will report to its employees on its review, and make a copy of the review available for public inspection.