Workforce Race Equality Standard (WRES) Action Plan guidance

The WRES seeks to tackle one particular aspect of equality - the consistently less favourable treatment of the minority ethnic workforce drawing on research, on both the scale and persistence of such disadvantages, and the evidence of the close links between discrimination against staff and care outcomes. We embrace the significance of racial equity, considering the reality that not everyone is starting from the same place, and that therefore the solutions are not the same for all.

The data and analyses for the WRES indicators support the implementation of our Public Sector Equality Duties. This states that local authorities must demonstrate 'due regard' to:

• Eliminate unlawful discrimination, harassment and victimisation and other conduct prohibited by the Equalities Act
• Advance equality of opportunity between people who share a protected characteristic and those who do not
• Foster good relations between people who share a protected characteristic and those who do not