About

This company is committed to equal opportunity, just recruitment, information, instruction and training.

In particular:

• Careful and sympathetic consideration will be given to all disabled applications.
• All positions within the company are open to both sexes and no person of either sex shall receive preferential treatment.
• All personnel, no matter race, colour or religion, will as far as is practicable, be treated equally.
• No record of an employee will be retained on computer or elsewhere except where legally and personally required.
• Any dismissals will be in line with the company's Terms and Conditions of Employment.

Our commitments

Creating an environment for our staff and clients:

• That promote fairness, equality, diversity and inclusion.
• That promotes dignity and respect for all.
• That recognises and values individual differences and the contributions of all.
• Where people are treated fairly and according to their needs.
• Where intimidation, discrimination, harassment, bullying or victimisation is actively prevented and opposed.
• Where individuals feel valued, included and able to access services.
• That staff of all backgrounds have a positive experience which develops our position as an employer of choice.

Meeting the Equality Act 2010 and section 149 the Public Sector Equality Duty

The Act sets out a Duty on us to:

• Eliminate discrimination, harassment and victimisation.
• Advance equality of opportunity.
• Foster good relations.

Where possible, we will eliminate excessive noise. However, in many cases, this won't be possible. Where this applies, we will look at means of reducing both the level of noise and the exposure of employees to it.

These will include a combination of the following:

• Identify if noisy machinery / equipment parts could be replaced with quieter ones.
• Avoid any metal-to-metal impacts by using lining materials, such as rubber.
• Build enclosures around noisy machinery in order to reduce the noise emitted.
• Use 'dampeners' to reduce any vibration-induced noise, or take steps to isolate any vibrating machinery or components.
• Designate hearing protection zones in noisy areas, which may only be accessed by authorised staff wearing hearing protection.
• Limit the time that staff spend in these areas.

It is the objective of M&D Foundations & Building Services Ltd to provide customers with goods and services which meet high standards of quality and reliability essential to the safety and application needs of customer requirements. Pre-planning, safety, cost control and training are vital essentials in the M&D Foundations & Building Services Ltd approach with particular emphasis on Safety and Quality.

To achieve this objective it is the policy of the Company to establish and maintain an effective and efficient Quality Assurance System and is proud to state that it holds a BSI Certificate of Registration Quality Management System ISO 9001 : 2015.

M&D Foundations are committed to managing its activities throughout the company to fulfil its responsibility to protect the environment from the effects of their operations by:

• Complying with all relevant environmental legislation.
• Identifying any potential environmental concerns associated with our works and implement all practical steps to minimise the effect on the environment, including but not limited to:
  • Pollution risks through spillages
  • Waste management.
  • Existing aquifer levels.
• Continued training of all employees.

M&D Foundations are committed to implementing a positive contribution to the Environment through our Sustainability policy including:

• Complying with all relevant legislation
• The use of recycled materials at every opportunity
• The use of alternative by-products in lieu of natural resources
• The implementation of recycling schemes throughout our operations
• Practical in-house engineering design to reduce the number of piles, keeping the concrete and steel content to a minimum
• The use of local suppliers where possible
• Reduction and elimination where possible of on-site waste
• Lodging our Operatives adjacent the works site to reduce travel and in turn CO2 emissions
• Promoting sustainability throughout the workforce through continual communication

M&D Foundations & Building Services Ltd recognises that slavery and human trafficking remains a hidden blight on our global society. The aim of the company is to identify our responsibility by alerting staff to the risks, however small, in our business and in the wider chain. Staff are expected and encouraged to report concerns to management, where they are expected to act upon them.

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We are committed to ensuring that there is no modern day slavery or human trafficking in our service or in any part of our business. Our anti-slavery Policy Statement reflects our commitment to acting ethically and with integrity in all our business relationships and to implementing and enforcing effective systems and controls to ensure slavery and human trafficking is not taking place anywhere in our business.

The Policy takes into account, and supports, the policies, procedures and requirements documented in our management system.

The company will achieve our aims by our initiative to identify and mitigate risk in the following ways (but not limited to):-

• More stringent vetting and investigation of our service chain (contractors, sub-contractors, policies, contracts etc.)
• Continually audit & review our practices for checking all employees are paid at least the minimum wage and have the right to work.
• We encourage the reporting of concerns and the protection of whistle blowers.
• The company will not knowingly support or deal with any business involved in slavery or human trafficking.
• We have zero tolerance to slavery and human trafficking. We expect all those in our chain to comply with our values.

To ensure a high level of understanding of the risks of modern slavery and human trafficking in our business, we provide information to relevant members of staff. All directors have been briefed on the subject.

We use the following key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure how effective we have been to ensure that slavery and human trafficking is not taking place in any part of our business or supply chains:

• Completion of audits by Directors, Managers, Safety Managers and Safety Advisors.
• Use of labour monitoring and payroll systems.
• Level of communication and personal contact with next link in the supply chain and their understanding of, and compliance with, our expectations.

This policy is in accordance with section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and constitutes our group’s slavery and human trafficking statement.

This policy applies to all those employed by M&D Foundations & Building Services Ltd.