Paragraph 5 I1

United Kingdom

(1)

This paragraph applies to the committee of management’s annual report where the average number of persons employed by the society in each month during the financial year exceeded 250.

(2)

For the purposes of subparagraph (1) the average number is the quotient derived by dividing, by the number of complete months in the financial year, the number derived by ascertaining, in relation to each of those months, the number of persons who, under contracts of service, were employed in the month (whether throughout it or not) by the society, and adding up the numbers ascertained.

(3)

The committee of management’s annual report must where this paragraph applies contain a statement describing such policy as the society has applied during the financial year:

(a)

for giving full and fair consideration to applications for employment by the society made by disabled persons, having regard to their particular aptitudes and abilities;

(b)

for continuing the employment of, and for arranging appropriate training for, employees of the society who have become disabled persons during the period when they were employed by the society; and

(c)

otherwise for the training, career development and promotion of disabled persons employed by the society.

(4)

The committee of management’s annual report must where this paragraph applies also contain a statement describing the action that has been taken during the financial year to introduce, maintain or develop requirements aimed at:

(a)

providing staff systematically with information on matters of concern to them as staff;

(b)

consulting staff, or their representatives on a regular basis so that the views of staff can be taken into account in making decisions which are likely to effect their interests;

(c)

encouraging the involvement of staff in the society’s performance; and

(d)

achieving a common awareness on the part of all staff of the financial and economic factors effecting the performance of the society.

(5)

In this paragraph:

(a)

“employment” means employment other than employment to work wholly or mainly outside the United Kingdom, and “employed” and “staff” must be construed accordingly; and

(b)

“disabled person” means the same as in the Disabled Persons (Employment) Act 1944^f1 and the Disabled Persons (Employment) Act (Northern Ireland) 1945^f2.

Paragraph 5 I1

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