DI 16-02-2024

Meeting minutes: Feb 16, 2024

 | Discrim and Harassment Policy meeting

Minutes

Attendees: Matthew WindsorMatthew WindsorJake Joyce Sarah Driscoll, Lucy Tsipouras, Sarah Fraser, Paul Deakin

Apologies: 

Discussion items

How to move forward with getting the policy quiz finished by most staff

• Matt gave report on where we’re up to 

• Get completion rate by percentage

• Matt to give breakdown by question success

• Go back and hassle those staff who have not scored 100%

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Yearly review of policy

• When policy gets updated, then staff will get retrained

Posters are potentially better than a video

• Appropriate language specific to Man With A van

• Sarah Driscoll to email Tim poster information - Sarah to follow up for next meeting

• Jake to follow up with Jack on “10 commandments”. Jake to follow up again with Jack. 

We want more Human with a van t shirts

• Matt to follow up with Richie to get more and stop buying the old versions: These have arrived

• Human with a van jumpers

• Matt provided feedback from other managers about management training and report back to committee

• Matt to follow up with Tim about Pay the Rent donation

• Matt to express to Tim the importance of continuing the D&I committee

• Tim to email committee members about continuing the D&I committee

• Put into the training manual a section on how to deal with discriminatory behaviour by customers. Ie supporting your team mate, phrases to use, boundaries not to cross

• Need to show trainees how to recognise and report an unsafe working environment

• Need to formalise the mission and goals of the committee, and formalise meeting times and dates similar to OHS or toolbox meetings. 

Potential goals: 

• SarahD: still want to see more non-men working at MWAV. Continuing to try and advertise job opportunities and internally create an accepting environment for non-men to be a part of

  • Remove “the man” from email sign off

  • Improve social media presence 

• Better create awareness amongst customers about staff who are non-men arriving at your doorstep

• Keep updated on legislation and keep reviewing the relevant policies as changes take place

• Zero tolerance for unwelcome behaviour from customers towards staff. Could be part of an expanded diversity statement

• Providing feedback to the committee on how well or not internal complaints have been handled

• Encouraging staff to speak up about poor behaviour amongst staff - creating a space for staff to speak to management

• How to we increase the support to members of staff who are marginalised and experience 

• Paul: is it worth putting a poster above the blanket stack or inside rear doors about customers doing better to support our staff

• Better publicise Matt W’s role as HR manager

• Develop standard responses for phones staff to say to customers who indicate they are likely to be discriminatory

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Next meeting

Friday 15 March 0700