Practical business examples sought on how to create LGBT+ inclusive workplaces

Employers, HR practitioners and staff networks' views sought on their practical experience of supporting LGBT+ inclusion in the workplace

The UK Government Equalities Office wants to hear from employers, staff networks, trade unions and civil society organisations with practical experience of:

• creating LGBT+ inclusive workplaces
• supporting LGBT+ inclusion in their wider environment
• improving outcomes and experiences for LGBT+ people

The Government Equalities Office is looking for:

• practical examples of what businesses are doing to improve LGBT+ outcomes and experiences in their workplace and wider environment
• examples of what works

The Government Equalities Office will contact respondents who submit the most exciting and promising evidence, to work together to share these with employers in the UK and abroad.

Response questions

There are four questions that you can respond to although you do not need to answer all four questions. The questions include:

1. What is your organisation doing to improve the collection of LGBT+ diversity and inclusion data of employees?

   Please provide any available evidence that this has been effective.

2. What is your organisation doing to improve the outcomes and experiences of LGBT+ employees in the workplace?

   If you are able to disaggregate how you have supported lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans employees, please do so. Please provide any available evidence that this has been effective.

3. For organisations which operate in countries where LGBT+ people routinely experience discrimination, what is your organisation doing to support the safety and advocacy of LGBT+ staff?

4. How does your organisation have a positive social and economic impact on LGBT+ equality, including in countries where LGBT+ people routinely experience discrimination (where relevant)?

   There is a particular interest in impacts outside your organisation, such as evidence of how your organisation has had a positive influence through supply chains, distributors and customers.

How to respond

Please send your response to LGBTatWork@geo.gov.uk by 11.45pm on Thursday 12 May 2022.

Preference is to receive responses in either PDF or Word format.

You should include the following details about your organisation in your response:

• name of your organisation
• sector
• number of employees – you can estimate this if actual numbers are not available
• which countries your organisation operates in – and specifically whether you operate in countries where LGBT+ people routinely experience discrimination

Please include your contact details (email address and telephone number) so you can be reached if further engagement is required.

Read full details on the Government Equalities Office's call to engage.

First published 4 April 2022