This page gives access to minutes of recent meetings as Acrobat pdf files. The software to read these is freely available through the link on our home page.

• Minutes of Employer Forum July 2002

• Minutes of Employer Forum Steering Group September 2002

• Minutes of Employer Forum October 2002

• Minutes of Employer Forum January 2003

• Minutes of Employer Forum April 2003

• Minutes of Employer Forum July 2003

• Minutes of Employer Forum October 2003

• Minutes of Employer Forum January 2004
  and Michelle Valentine (Disability Rights Commission) - Presentation: Employing disabled people - the law and practice (Powerpoint file 284KB)

• Minutes of Employer Forum April 2004
  and Catherine Slater (Extra Mile Project) - Presentation: Working with Care-leavers

• Minutes of Employer Forum July 2004
  and Rod Goodwin (Bury EST) - Presentation: job retention (Powerpoint file 156KB)
  and Tracey Johnson (Bury MBC) - Presentation: work/life balance (Powerpoint file 312Kb)

• Minutes of Employer Forum October 2004
  Norman Dixon(Groundwork Trust) - Presentation: the WISE project (Powerpoint file 127KB)
  Kelly Burke (Substance Misuse Service) - Presentation: Managing substance misuse in the workplace (Powerpoint file 123KB)
  Peter Rabbits (ACAS) - Presentation: The role of ACAS (Powerpoint file 113Kb)

• Minutes of Employer Forum November 2004 - a workshop on recruitment and selection attended by employers and jobseekers.

• Minutes of Employer Forum January 2005 - theme: the employment of ex-offenders.
  Peter Rabbits (ACAS) - Presentation: Employing Ex-offenders (Powerpoint file 242Kb)

• Minutes of Employer Forum April 2005 - theme: review of the forum's activity.
  Steve Mason (GM Police) - Presentation: A GMP perspective on the Embracing Diversity project (Powerpoint file 57Kb)

• Minutes of Employer Forum July 2005 - theme: Age discrimination.
  Joanne Pearce/Lucy O'Hara (DWF) - Presentation: Age Discrimination (Powerpoint file 1.6Mb)