Our arrangements for training staff in connection with the general and specific duties

The specific duties of Lancashire County Council as an employer are described in the left hand column of the table below. Our arrangements for fulfilling the duties are described in the right hand column.

Employment Duties	Lancashire County Council's arrangements
Staff currently working for us	Arrangements are now fully in place to monitor all employees by ethnicity on a self classification basis. The data is stored and analysed via the Delphi HR system.
Applicants for employment	Arrangements are fully in place to monitor applicants, candidates short listed and appointed (including those promoted) by racial group.
Staff who receive training	Arrangements are in place to monitor by racial group all training applicants to programmes organised by the Central Training Unit. Other training applications are to be monitored via a dedicated programme on the HR Delphi system now being brought on line.
Staff undertaking performance appraisal	Arrangements are made within Directorates and Services. Performance Appraisals all include an "Equalities" competence.
Staff who are involved in grievance procedures	No arrangements are currently in place to monitor grievance procedure arrangements.
Staff who are the subject of disciplinary action	Arrangements are being made to monitor formal disciplinary outcomes via the new HR Delphi system.
Staff who end their service with us	Arrangements are being made to monitor resignations, dismissals etc via the new HR Delphi system.
What we do to publish the results of monitoring	Reports on the outcomes of monitoring are published (as relevant) as Performance Indicators, in public reports to Elected Members and on external websites.