Howells is committed to equality of opportunity and ensuring fair and equal chances for all. Howells is also committed to ensuring it has a diverse workforce that reflects the society in which its business operates and that can understand the needs of its clients and provide excellent client service.

This includes ensuring that disabled employees and prospective employees have equality of opportunity in all aspects of the employment relationship.

Howells LLP has been approved by the Jobcentre Plus as a user of the disability symbol.

This means that Howells is committed to employing disabled people and will:

• Interview all applicants with a disability who meet their minimum criteria for a job vacancy and consider them on their abilities;
• Ensure there is a mechanism in place to discuss at any time, but at least once a year, with disabled employees what can be done to make sure they can develop and use their abilities;
• Make every effort when employees become disabled to make sure they stay in employment;
• Take action to ensure that all employees develop the appropriate level of disability awareness needed to make these commitments work; and
• Each year, review the five commitments and what has been achieved, plan ways to improve on them and let employees and Jobcentre Plus know about progress and future plans.