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R&B is committed to providing an open-minded and comfortable environment, in which all guests can enjoy an event in an atmosphere of fun, respect, and tolerance.
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As a business and as community members, we are invested in addressing the inequality and bias within our industry
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Below we will document our long term plans, our successes and our failures. This is a live and public document
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We want to be held accountable and be challenged in improving our work practices
Values and Code of Conduct
We respectfully acknowledge that R&B Brewing is on the unceded territories of the xÊ·mÉ™θkÊ·É™yÌ“É™m (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and SelÌ“ílÌ“witulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.
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We are committed to maintaining a space that is free of hostile and offensive behavior and speech, including but not limited to sexism, transphobia, homophobia, racism, xenophobia, violence or harassment in any way shape or form.
We expect that all guests respect the human dignity of all individuals and groups within the space, regardless of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression, age, physical or mental disability, size or appearance, or religion.
Having a ‘Protected Space’ environment at our brewery means that each and every guest should feel welcome to participate in services free of threats, intimidation, harassment, unwanted advances, and the deliberate, or negligent, creation of unsafe or uncomfortable conditions will not be tolerated.
We promote a willingness to learn and grow, including taking responsibility for the impacts of your own behavior and actions.
Those who are not able to follow our code of conduct will not be welcome in our space.
Please inform a staff member if you notice behaviour that does not align with our code of conduct, or report an incident anonymously in the feedback portal below.
Current Policies
R&B Code Of conduct - updated 23/09/2021
R&B Hiring Policy - updated 23/09/2021
R&B Bullying and Harassment Policy - updated 30/07/2021
R&B Sexual Harassment Policy - updated 23/09/2021
R&B Drug Policy - updated 23/09/2021
R&B Alcohol Policy - updated 23/09/2021
Steps taken to date
30/90/2021 - codified a practice of bussing unattended drinks, charging customer phones, allowing non-customers to use washrooms
20/09/2021 - General Manager and Head of Front of House participated in "Are You Serving it Right Seminar" related to creating safer restaurant and bar spaces
20/09/2021 - Performed an internal course on how to achieve more diverse hiring for all current hiring managers
30/08/2021 - Updated our all inclusive washroom signage
30/08/2021 - Updated email signatures to include pronouns and land acknowledgements
30/08/2021 - Created an R&B Code of Conduct
30/07/2021 - Created an R&B Hiring Policy
30/07/2021 - Created an R&B Sexual Harassment Policy
30/07/2021 - Updated our R&B Bullying and Harassment Policy
30/07/2021 - Posted "Good Night Out Signage" around the venue advising patrons that our staff are prepared and willing to help in potential negative situations which occur in our space
01/08/2021 - Invited Diversity in Brewing to our staff meeting to discuss their work, current problems in the industry
30/06/2021 - Performed an initial space audit to identify where we can improve
23/06/2021 - All R&B staff participated in "Good Night Out" training
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Steps to have taken in 2021
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Partner with Bloom and bring on one of their residents as a casual employee
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In the winter staff meeting, have a workshop with all staff on inclusivity and diversity
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Improve the diversity of our staff
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Make a cash donation to a local charity
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Change bathroom signage
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Create a diversity Slack channel to give resources to staff to update themselves on diversity related topics
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Have in place a safe reporting mechanism for staff and patrons to report issues anonymously within the business which need to be addressed
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Perform a secondary space audit and make any improvements
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Include inclusivity discussions in all Production Meetings with ownership
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Include inclusivity discussions in all Manager Meetings with the management team
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Steps to have taken in 2022 and beyond
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Continue to make a cash donations to local organizations
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Perform an annual update our Code of Conduct
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Perform an annual update our Hiring Policy
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Perform an annual update our Sexual Harassment Policy
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Perform an annual update our R&B Bullying and Harassment Policy