The Northern Ireland Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) in the Workplace Conference 2024
Hilton Belfast, Northern Ireland 25 June 2024, 9:00am - 4:25pm
Learning Outcomes
- Recognise how equality, diversity, and inclusion are interlinked and are an important influence on workforce productivity and retention
- Examine the devastating impact of discrimination claims on company reputation, as well as the costs to the wider economy
- Understand employers’ duties around equality, and the need to go beyond the protected characteristics in their approach
- Discover best practice examples from EDI champions across different industries in the context of strategy implementation
- Discover and examine effective recruitment and retention EDI strategies that attract diverse talent
- Understand the impact of intersectionality, and learn about practical tools to navigate such complex relationships between numerous characteristics
- Examine the impact of different characteristics that can influence people’s experience and performance at work, including socio-economic factors, disability, gender, and sexual orientation
- Learn about the importance of allyship, and the ways in which it can support employees to make them feel heard, valued and respected