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This joint Force policy and procedure details Surrey Police and Sussex Police’s approach to managing perimenopause, menopause, and post-menopause in the workplace. It sets out the rights of women and all other individuals experiencing menopausal symptoms and explains the support available to police officers, police staff, special constables, and volunteers.

This policy defines corruption and fraud within the context of policing. It provides a framework for identifying and preventing corruption and details what actions should be taken by an individual where corruption and/or fraud is suspected or has been committed by colleagues.

The Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) was created under the Equality Act 2010 and came into force in 2011.This policy sets out the requirement for Surrey Police and Sussex Police as employers, to actively promote equality, fairness and respect for all police officers, police staff, Special Constables and volunteers, to enable all individuals to reach their full potential and to recruit and retain a workforce that reflects the diversity of the communities it serves. The PSED also requires that Surrey Police and Sussex Police are active in making society fairer by tackling discrimination and providing equality of opportunity for all.

This policy and procedure sets out the Surrey Police and Sussex Police approach to addressing and resolving concerns, problems or issues raised by our people about their workplace. It links to our organisational values; replacing our Grievance Policy and Procedure by offering a new name and a new focus on early intervention and where achievable swift and informal resolution, before recourse to the formal resolution procedure.

Surrey Police and Sussex Police (hereafter referred to as the Forces) support the adoption of new ways of working, to provide more flexible, technology enabled teams who can work more efficiently to deliver excellent service whilst improving the relationship between work and home life.