Equality

Derbyshire Police Federation is committed to ensuring all members are treated fairly, promoting equality and diversity and protecting human rights.

As a staff association and an employer, the Federation is involved in the development of policies and procedures that challenge unacceptable behaviour and support equality and diversity both within the Federation and in the police service.

Police officers are protected under the provisions of the Equality Act 2010 in respect of unlawful discrimination at work because of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion and belief, sex and sexual orientation.

A member who believes they may have been discriminated against on any of these grounds should contact Derbyshire's equality liaison officers Tenielle Hardwick and Bekki Smith.

Various leaflets covering equality issues  published by the Police Federation are available in our Police Regulations section.

Discrimination claims to an Employment Tribunal (ET) must be made on Form ET1, which can be completed online.

The normal time limit for starting action is three months less one day from the date of the last act or omission to act on which the claim is based.

ACAS early conciliation

Before the majority of proceedings can start, an applicant must contact ACAS and complete the early conciliation (EC) procedure. This procedure is free. The EC form can be completed online and must be done at any time within the normal time limit.

Once the form has been sent, time will stop running to enable ACAS to contact the parties and attempt settlement. Up to one month will be available (with an additional two weeks at the discretion of ACAS where settlement appears likely).

Where settlement is not achieved, ACAS will then send an EC certificate to the applicant which includes a reference number. The applicant should include this number on the ET1. Time will start running again from the point the EC Certificate is deemed received by the applicant and they will have at least one month from that date in which to lodge their ET1.