Employee Welfare

The HR department deals with employee welfare matters including :

Equality
Waterford City Council is committed to equality and opportunity for all it's employees and to the treatment and development of all employees equally, with dignity and respect.

The City Council has an Equality Officer and an 'Equality and Diversity Action Team', which includes union representation. The role of the team is to monitor the City Council's 'Programme for Equality'.

Health & Safety
Waterford City Council promotes the Safety, Health and Welfare of all employees and actively seeks to ensure that it complies with all safety legislation and other statutory requirements.

To achieve this a 'Safety Management Programme' has been put in place to implement training, ensure employee co-operation and provide resources, revision and monitoring.

This programme is structured through a Safety Management Committee, Safety Officer and a Safety Representative Committee.