🌈 Your Nursing Agency (YNA) – Equal Opportunity, Harassment, Bullying and Discrimination

👥Who This Applies To

All YNA employees, including nurses, midwives, administrative and recruitment staff.

Contractors, students, volunteers, and agency workers engaged by YNA.

Anyone representing or working with YNA at any worksite, placement, or work-related event.

⚖️ Equal Opportunity

YNA does not tolerate discrimination on the basis of:

Age

Disability

Sexual orientation or lawful sexual activity

Marital, parental, relationship, or carer status

Physical features or appearance

Pregnancy or breastfeeding

Race, ethnicity, culture, or language

Political or religious belief, affiliation, or activity

Industrial activity

Irrelevant criminal or medical record

Occupational or socio-economic status

Gender or gender identity

Personal association with any person identified by these attributes

💬 Everyone at YNA has the right to feel respected, safe, and valued.

🚫 Unacceptable Behaviour

Discrimination or Harassment

Behaviour that offends, humiliates, intimidates, insults or ridicules another person.

Comments or actions based on personal attributes that a reasonable person would expect to cause offence or harm.

Sexual Harassment

Unwelcome physical contact or gestures of a sexual nature.

Inappropriate sexual comments, jokes, or remarks.

Sexual advances or propositions in person or online.

Conduct that could reasonably make someone feel uncomfortable or unsafe.

Other Forms of Harassment

Intrusive questions about private life.

Unwelcome calls, emails, or social-media contact.

Improper promises or threats about employment or shifts.

Any form of violence or intimidation.

Bullying Behaviour

Yelling, belittling, or degrading language.

Teasing, name-calling, or spreading rumours.

Making improper or unreasonable work demands.

Excluding or undermining a person deliberately.

⚠️ Note: Bullying does not include reasonable management action such as performance discussions, goal-setting, or constructive feedback when carried out respectfully.

🧭 Reporting Concerns

If you experience or witness harassment, bullying, or discrimination, report it immediately to:

Your People & Culture Manager, or

The Managing Director, or

An authorised delegate or supervisor

Reports are:

Treated confidentially

Managed promptly and fairly

Free from victimisation or retaliation

🤝 Our Workplace Culture

At YNA we are committed to:

Respecting every individual.

Valuing diversity and inclusion.

Modelling professional behaviour in every setting.

Addressing issues early to prevent escalation.

⚠️ Consequences

Any breach of this policy may result in disciplinary action, up to and including termination of employment, in accordance with:

Policy Directive 17 – Disciplinary Process

Policy Directive 18 – Termination, Change and Redundancy