Equality and Diversity Strategy
Summary
Crossrail is a diverse organisation that over its lifetime will bring approximately 55,000 people together from many different backgrounds and employers. This paper discusses Crossrail’s approach to managing equality and diversity across the programme whilst ensuring getting the right people for the right job. It describes the development of the Equality and Talent Strategy and how it was embedded across the project.
Key factors include the approach to diversity and inclusion by focusing on the health and safety of our diverse workforce; devolving the implementation of equality and diversity actions to directors and their team; raising the profile of equality and diversity through communication channels and events; celebrating and promoting the contribution made by a diverse workforce and Implementing an accessible and high-quality learning and development programme to support the equality strategy’s implementation.
This case study would be of interest to: senior managers; HR Directors; HR practitioners; Inclusion Specialists; Social Sustainability Specialists, Safety Directors, Safety Specialists, Occupational Health professionals.