Age Diversity And Employment Policy Statement

Age Diversity and Employment Policy Statement

Wigan and Leigh Housing is committed to ensuring its employees are valued for their contribution to the organisation, regardless of age.

The Company believes that by removing age barriers, we will create a workplace that values employees’ skills, experience and talents and enables each individual to achieve their potential.

To achieve our commitment we will:

• ensure that our recruitment procedures, pay and terms and conditions of employment are age neutral and do not disadvantage particular age groups
• ensure that all our communications with employees are free from age bias
• provide employment training opportunities for young people through our modern apprentice and work experience programmes
• develop employment training opportunities to improve access to work for people of all ages
• provide equal access to job related training and development opportunities for all employees regardless of age
• offer employees the option to remain in their post beyond the age of 65 years
• offer packages of support to help employees prepare for retirement