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THE Clare Vocational Education Committee (VEC) has adopted a Dignity at Work charter.
The charter, formally launched by Chief Executive, George O’ Callaghan, states that staff commit themselves to “working together to maintain a workplace environment that encourages and supports the right to dignity at work. All who work within the committee’s ambit are expected to respect the right of each individual to dignity in their working life.”
The document states that all staff “will be treated equally and respected for their individuality and diversity. Bullying in any form is not accepted by us and will not be tolerated. Our policies and procedures will underpin the principles and objective of this charter.”
All individuals, whether directly employed or contracted by the committee, have a duty and responsibility to uphold the charter, the document also states.
School, college, education centre, office management and trade union representatives are given specific responsibility to promote the charter’s provisions.
A spokesman for VEC said that the adoption of the charter at the last bimonthly meeting of the committee’s Local Partnership Group demonstrates how the “process of internal partnership in County Clare Vocational Education Committee continues to grow and be the catalyst for many initiatives involving change and modernisation within vocational education in the county.”
The partnership group was established in 2001 under a requirement arising from the Social Partnership Agreement, “Sustaining Progress.”
Membership comprises representatives of Clare Vocational Education Committee and management, trade unions IMPACT and SIPTU, the schools and colleges of the committee and of its several adult education and outdoor education centres.