- Conference
- 2020 Community Conference and Seminar
- Date
- 7 November 2019
- Decision
- Carried as Amended
Conference notes the motion passed at last year�s Community Conference on Inclusive Workplace Policies in the Community Sector which called on the community service group executive to:
1. Gather good practice examples from branches organising in the community sector of inclusive policies and practices, including in record-keeping, language, any dress codes and in the provision of safe and accessible gender neutral facilities;
2. promote good practice across the service group;
3. promote the Gender equality: non-binary inclusion fact sheet to community branches.
Conference believes that there is still a lack of awareness about non-binary inclusion in community workplaces. This can range from intentional misgendering and refusal to use correct pronouns to lack of understanding of non-binary issues and failure to provide accessible gender neutral facilities.
Conference notes that the community sector has a range of diverse employers and that we organise across the sector in a variety of ways. However, this should not prevent us from gathering good practice and negotiating workplace policies that are inclusive for non-binary members in the community sector.
Conference instructs the Community Service Group Executive to:
a)Gather and promote good practice from branches in the community sector of non-binary inclusive policies and practices;
b)continue to promote the Gender equality: non-binary inclusion fact sheet to community branches;
c)provide guidance to branches in the community sector on making branch records, communications and meetings inclusive and accessible for everyone including our non-binary members.