Motion
- Motion title
- Equality and legal support
- Session
- 2021-2022
- Meeting link
- Annual Congress
- Meeting date
- 1 June 2022
- Status
- Remitted (not taken)
- Motion
- 25
- Motion text
Congress commends the work done by the UCU legal panel which is undertaken within UCU rules and policy and is undertaken by volunteers in the best interests of members.
Congress affirms that motions supporting the rights of members from all equality strands have been consistently carried over the past 2 decades, many of which have improved conditions for members. This motion seeks to build on that work by evaluating and improving access to legal support for Disabled, LGBT+, Migrant, Black and Women members who are facing discrimination and or sexual harassment in the workplace, up to and including employment tribunals.
Congress/conference resolves to:
1. undertake an immediate equality impact assessment of the work of the legal panel
2. ensure that in all equalities cases every effort is made to provide full legal support in accordance with UCU policy
3. apply discretion in decision making where this would be in the interests of members
- Proposing body
- National executive committee (NEC)
- Amended
- No
- Allocated to
- Strategy and finance committee (SFC)
- Notes
Administrative info
- Listing reference
- 2022/C/06-01/065/25