Equal Opportunities and Promoting Diversity Owner: HR Manager Last updated: 14 November 2018 To be read in conjunction with these other policies and procedures:
Status: Approved Review date: Nov 2021  
Recruitment Policy Procurement Policy
The Policy TI-UK does not discriminate in its employment practices on the basis of: gender, race, colour, age, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, pregnancy, marital status, medical condition, veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected category. TI-UK supports equal employment opportunity, not just because it is the law, but because TI-UK recognises that its present and future strength is based primarily on people, their skills, experience, and potential to develop. Appointments to all positions will be made on merit. TI-UK is committed to open, fair, and transparent appointment, recruitment, hiring and procurement procedures and practice. Family members, friends and organisations with which employees, their families or friends are associated, will not be accorded preferential treatment. If hiring, or contracting with, members of the immediate families of TI-UK employees or the Board of Trustees (such as spouses, partner, parents, children or siblings), TI-UK will follow the guidelines set out in the recruitment policy to ensure non-preferential treatment. To manage potential conflicts of interest, TI-UK employees will disclose any such connections of which they are aware with potential applicants or candidates. Relevant staff will be recused from any recruitment or contracting process where there is a conflict of interest. TI-UK will ask shortlisted candidates to declare such relations to TI-UK or the Board of Trustees. TI-UK will not usually allow situations to arise in which close relatives or partners are in a direct reporting relationship to one another.
TI-UK Policies and Procedures Manual, February 2019
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