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Adult social care peer review: feedback from local authorities

"The peer challenge has been extremely helpful in getting corporate support for some of our key improvement areas such as engagement, co production and becoming data and intelligence led."

Audit, scrutiny and risk

The Centre for Governance and Scrutiny has published a guide to support members of council audit committees, and members of council scrutiny committees.

LGA corporate environmental policy

As the voice of local government, the LGA aims to lead by example. This policy sets out our commitment to tackling the climate and ecological emergency and the steps we will take in order to achieve this.

Employment law

The UK has a substantial body of law which legislates against prejudice-based actions in the workplace. The primary legislation is the Equality Act 2010.

Gender pay gap

Gender pay reporting legislation requires employers with 250 or more employees to publish statutory calculations every year showing how large the pay gap is between their male and female employees.

Equality, diversity and inclusion in the workforce

Diversity recognises that, though people have things in common with each other, they are also different in many ways. Inclusion is where those differences are seen as a benefit, and where perspectives and differences are shared, leading to better decisions.

Menopause

The LGA menopause guide discusses what councils can do to be ‘menopause friendly’ employers.

Sickness management

When dealing with the management of sickness absence and ill health, councils have to balance the needs of the individual with the needs of the organisation.