Points for discussion: Do you currently find out the language preference of those attending your meetings or events? If you have regular meetings do you record the attendees’ language preferences? Do you always provide bilingual materials such as agendas, PowerPoint presentations? If not, how can you ensure that these are provided in the future? All materials (i.e. all text being displayed) in any external meeting or event, including PowerPoint presentations, agendas and meeting papers, must be bilingual. For all external meetings or events where attendance is open/not known in advance all publicity material for the meeting/event must make it clear that the use of Welsh will be welcomed and facilitated and any materials/displays should be in Welsh Policy Making Standards If your work involves policy making or policy decisions, you will need to familiarise yourselves with the Policy Making Standards. These require you to consider the impacts any policy, programme, grant or similar area of work could have on the Welsh Language. A Welsh Language Impact Assessment is available to help you do this. Please ensure that you also read through all the Standards listed in the compliance notice this can be found on the intranet. Human Resources and staffing If you are a line manager, you will need to familiarise yourselves with the Operational Standards relating to Human Resources. These require you to consider the language choice of your staff and all aspects of their employment, including, but not limited to, disciplinary, recruitment and Welsh learning opportunities. As a hiring manager you will have to assess the Welsh language requirements of any new post and this will need to be noted on the recruitment form and will be logged by HR for auditing purposes. More detailed information on how the Standards affect HR, external marketing and communications campaigns can also be found in the Compliance Notice in the Welsh section of the intranet.
All materials (i.e. all text being displayed) in any external meeting or event, including PowerPoint presentations, agendas and meeting papers, must be bilingual. Points for discussion: Do you currently find out the language preference of those attending your meetings or events? If you have regular meetings do you record the attendees’ language preferences? Do you always provide bilingual materials such as agendas, PowerPoint presentations? If not, how can you ensure that these are provided in the future? For all external meetings or events where attendance is open/not known in advance all publicity material for the meeting/event must make it clear that the use of Welsh will be welcomed and facilitated and any materials/displays should be in Welsh Policy Making Standards If your work involves policy making or policy decisions, you will need to familiarise yourselves with the Policy Making Standards. These require you to consider the impacts any policy, programme, grant or similar area of work could have on the Welsh Language. A Welsh Language Impact Assessment is available to help you do this. Please ensure that you also read through all the Standards listed in the compliance notice this can be found on the intranet. Human Resources and staffing If you are a line manager, you will need to familiarise yourselves with the Operational Standards relating to Human Resources. These require you to consider the language choice of your staff and all aspects of their employment, including, but not limited to, disciplinary, recruitment and Welsh learning opportunities. As a hiring manager you will have to assess the Welsh language requirements of any new post and this will need to be noted on the recruitment form and will be logged by HR for auditing purposes. More detailed information on how the Standards affect HR, external marketing and communications campaigns can also be found in the Compliance Notice in the Welsh section of the intranet.
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