Equal opportunities and the Northern Ireland civil service

Osborne, R. D.

doi:10.1080/09540969009387601

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“…This investigation stopped short of concluding that the NICS 'failed to provide equality of opportunity' but demonstrated its complete failure to implement good practice in its personnel procedures and to have serious imbalances in its workforce, especially in senior positions, in favour of Protestants. Thereafter, the NICS moved quickly to implement good practice including religion monitoring (and for gender and disability) and became the catalyst for improvements of personnel practices in the public sector in general (Osborne, 1990;Harbison and Hodges, 1991;Carmichael, 2002). The results of the FEA investigations, especially in the public sector (which represented over 40 per cent of employment at this time), generally demonstrated an under-representation of Catholics especially in senior positions.…”

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Progressing the Equality Agenda in Northern Ireland

Osborne

2003

J. Soc. Pol.

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Developing the equality agenda has been a major preoccupation of policy intervention in Northern Ireland since Direct Rule from London was instituted in 1972. This paper examines how policy has developed and its effectiveness. The paper highlights new developments since the Belfast Agreement of 1998 and examines in particular new attempts to mainstream equality in the policy process. The paper concludes by suggesting that the Northern Ireland experience has much to offer students of social policy elsewhere.

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Progressing the Equality Agenda in Northern Ireland

Osborne

2003

J. Soc. Pol.

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“…Government faiIed to review its own procedures in the Northern Ireland Civil Service until the FEA undertook a formal investi&tion (FEA, 1982). In response to this investigation, however, the NICS set up a monitoring procedure in relation to religion, gender and disability which is one of the most comprehensive in the UK (Osborne, 1990). Pressure for a strengthening of the legislation began to build up during the early part of the 1980s.…”

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Higher Education and Fair Employment in Northern Ireland

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Cormack

1990

Higher Education Quarterly

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As equal opportunities are assuming greater significance in higher education this paper examines the issue of fair employment in the two universities in Northern Ireland. The development of higher education and the evolution of fair employment policy which seeks to promote greater equality of opportunity in employment between Protestants and Catholics, are outlined. The employment practices and profiles of Northern Ireland's two universities are considered. Under the 1989 Fair Employment Act employment monitoring is a legal requirement for the two universities. The paper concludes by noting that other UK higher education institutions should undertake monitoring as a means of implementing equal opportunities policy.

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Policy Dilemmas in Belfast

Osborne¹

1996

J. Soc. Pol.

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Major policy developments in Northern Ireland concerned with socioeconomic differences between Protestants and Catholics have involved a concern with structural issues and the nature of the policy making process. These initiatives have raised considerable debate concerning the extent to which religion-specific policies are appropriate. In this article each of these initiatives is considered in detail. It is suggested that the debates in Northern Ireland could have significance in the light of proposals to develop race-specific policies in Britain.

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Equal opportunities and the Northern Ireland civil service

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Progressing the Equality Agenda in Northern Ireland

Progressing the Equality Agenda in Northern Ireland

Higher Education and Fair Employment in Northern Ireland

Policy Dilemmas in Belfast

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