Fair Employment
Tenderers will be asked to sign a Fair Employment Declaration.
This declaration applies to all tenderers but only impacts when the tenderer is from Northern Ireland or intends to employ people in Northern Ireland.
Where this occurs, the successful tenderer must ensure that they comply with the requirements of a number of employment practice related legal Acts.
Additional information on Government Guidelines on Policy Appraisal and Fair Treatment are readily available from organisations like:
The Government Purchasing Agency Rosepark House Upper Newtownards Road Belfast BT4 3NR Telephone 028 9052 6544 | Equality Commission Equality House 7-9 Shaftsbury Square Belfast BT2 7DP Telephone +44 28 9050 0600 |
The three Employment acts are:
The principal requirements of the Fair Employment Declaration can be summed up as follows:
If you are a supplier from Northern Ireland, you must sign the Declaration. Failure to sign the declaration may be taken to mean that the supplier has been found guilty under the Fair Employment Act and subsequently no contracts can be awarded to that supplier.
If you are not a Northern Ireland supplier, but you intend to employ people in Northern Ireland, then you must sign the Declaration attesting to Fair Employment.
If you are not a Northern Ireland supplier and have no requirements to employ people in Northern Ireland, then the Declaration should still be signed. However, failure to sign the declaration will not result in loss of a contract.