Cutlass fully recognises and accepts its responsibility to ensure that there is no discrimination on the grounds of a person’s gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age, or disability, or any other protected characteristic. All individuals will be treated solely on their merits as employees or applicants for employment. All areas of employment are covered by our Equality & Diversity policy, i.e. advertising, recruitment and selection, terms on which employment is offered, job allocation, promotion, training, discipline, and all aspects of day to day employment. Bullying or Harassment of any employee will not be permitted. Each Manager and Supervisor has responsibility for applying this policy, and it is the responsibility of every employee to respect and act in accordance with it. It is recognised that the co-operation and support of all staff is essential to the successful implementation of this policy.