Equality Impact Assessment Form
Reference – 3E26
Department
Environment & Sport
Version no
V3.0
Assessed by
Damian Fisher
Date created
27/10/15
Approved by
Ian Day
Date approved
13/11/15
Updated by
Date updated
Final approval
Date signed off
Section 1: What is being assessed?
1.1
Name of proposal to be assessed: Street Cleansing
Street Cleaning – Changing Working arrangements for new staff; using technology
to improve efficiency.
1.2
Describe the proposal under assessment and what change it would result in if
implemented:
As staff retire or leave the service all new staff will work to a 30 hour week, the use
of technology to plan routes and more litter bins requiring less frequent emptying
will ensure that this is at no detrimental impact to service delivery.
The vacancy management proposal will introduce a new working pattern for all new
starters reducing to a standard 30 hour working week, mitigating the impact through
increased use of technology. The project will deliver over a period of ten years by
replacing those staff that retire or leave on different contractual working hours. At
present there are 13 vacancies in the Cleansing Service. In addition to delivering
the planned saving, this proposal would allow an increase in staffing in each of the
two most heavily littered constituencies (Bradford East and Bradford West). Subject
to future budget requirements, continuation of the model would enable the
realisation of further savings or an investment in additional staffing to improve the
cleanliness of the District.
This will run along side new developments in technology including a new routing
software package to improve the efficiency of the street sweeping vehicles.
self compacting litter bins are also being trialed in Shipley Town Centre. These will
reduce emptying frequency and through solar powered Smart technology inform
Cleansing Teams when the bins are full, helping to ensure further efficiencies by
only emptying those bins that most require it, saving time of operatives and
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redirecting resources to areas of most need.
Section 2: What the impact of the proposal is likely to be
The Equality Act 2010 requires the Council to have due regard to the need to-
2.1

eliminate unlawful discrimination, harassment and victimisation;

advance equality of opportunity between different groups; and

foster good relations between different groups
Will this proposal advance equality of opportunity for people who share a
protected characteristic and/or foster good relations between people who
share a protected characteristic and those that do not? If yes, please explain
further.
No
2.2
Will this proposal have a positive impact and help to eliminate discrimination
and harassment against, or the victimisation of people who share a protected
characteristic? If yes, please explain further.
No
2.3
Will this proposal potentially have a negative or disproportionate impact on
people who share a protected characteristic? If yes, please explain further.
Equality assessment carried out indicates that this proposal is likely to have no or a
low impact on everyone, and so there is no disproportionate impact on any group
who share protected characteristics
2.4
Please indicate the level of negative impact on each of the protected
characteristics?
(Please indicate high (H), medium (M), low (L), no effect (N) for each)
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Impact
Protected Characteristics:
(H, M, L, N)
N
Age
Disability
N
Gender reassignment
N
Race
N
Religion/Belief
N
Pregnancy and maternity
N
Sexual Orientation
N
Sex
N
Marriage and civil partnership
N
Additional Consideration:
Low income/low wage
2.5
N
How could the disproportionate negative impacts be mitigated or eliminated?
N/A
Section 3: What evidence you have used?
3.1
What evidence do you hold to back up this assessment?
Financial and employee profile data
Performance data
3.2
Do you need further evidence?
No
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Section 4: Consultation Feedback
4.1
Results from any previous consultations
4.2
Feedback from current consultation
4.3
Your departmental response to this feedback – include any changes made to
the proposal as a result of the feedback
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