Do We Need Data To Promote Diversity And Equality?

Diversity and equality in work communities enrich working life and enable companies to grow and innovate. Many employers have undertaken to promote equality, which is after all their legal responsibility. However, legislation also limits how employers can go about this, as they cannot collect whatever data they want concerning their employees.

The Non-discrimination Act obligates employers of all sizes to promote equality in the workplace. For example, employers must develop their methods of choosing employees and ways of making decisions that concern employees. The measures taken to promote equality must be effective, appropriate and proportionate.

As all development efforts, promoting diversity and equality must be based on information. In order to improve the rights of a particular group, the employer needs to know how many people in the work community belong to this group and how they feel their rights are being realised. However, these good intentions may be