Lead and look after staff valuing their contribution and their diversity and the benefits this brings to the way we engage with stakeholders.

• leadership programme developed and promoted to DD staff
• complete 360 degree feedback for SCS Members will be completed by end of December 2001.

• findings on leadership from staff survey are reviewed in 2002 or 2003 survey.
• 360 degree feedback exercise completed to time and evaluated.

• by end 2001/02 all managers will put in place arrangements to manage hours staff work and reduce excessive working hours and workloads
• by 2010 HSE will achieve the RHS targets for reductions in accidents and ill-health and Civil Service targets for managing absence; achieving half the required reductions by 2004.
• by end March 2002 will have held 11 courses, and trained 350 staff in health and safety.
• by summer 2001 there will be a dedicated health and safety site on the HSE intranet.

• 2002 Staff survey will be used to test progress.
• HSE targets for RHS met.
• courses attended effectiveness and value for money evaluated.

1.3) provide better recognition and fairer rewards

• we will develop new arrangements for managing and rewarding performance and implement these by the end of 2002/03.
• by April 2002 all staff will have the necessary information to decide what to do on the introduction of PCSPS 2000.
• we will introduce letters of appreciation for staff at 25 years, and on retirement and special awards for merit in specialist and service functions.
• we will provide a better deal for staff who support major incident investigations.
• we will complete the work on premium pay and produce guidance on premium pay by the end of 2001/02

• new arrangements developed and accepted by stakeholders, and implemented to agreed cost and quality standards.
• staff have necessary information, understanding will be sampled to confirm this.
• scheme accepted by stakeholders and introduced to timescale.
• better deal agreed and effectiveness measured.

• by end of 01/02 all managers will receive diversity awareness training.
• by end of 2005 we will achieve Diversity targets in Modernising Government programme.
• in each of the next three years we will increase the number of recruits into HSE from ethnic minorities by 5%.
• we will implement the new Race Relations Act and relevant associated legislation in accordance with the required timetable.
• we will employ 24 more New Deal staff in HSE and accept 15 Windsor Fellowship placements in 01/02.

• diversity training completed to time and evaluated.
• Diversity targets met and effectiveness of programme evaluated.
• EM recruitment targets met.
• RRA implemented by due date.
• New Deal and Windsor Fellowship Targets met.