White paper: Stonewall Top 100 Employers

The Stonewall Top 100 Employers list is compiled from the Workplace Equality Index – the UK’s leading benchmarking tool for LGBT inclusion in the workplace. Completing the Workplace Equality Index is a voluntary, annual exercise which enables employers to measure, verify and improve their inclusion practice.

In addition to details about the UK’s top employers for LGBT inclusion, it also includes key findings from its Staff Feedback Questionnaire. This year the survey received a total of 109,928 responses.

Key findings

• 86% of gay and lesbian respondents, and 71% of bi respondents, and 63% of trans respondents said they felt able to be themselves in the workplace.
• Only half of trans respondents and half of bi respondents felt that their workplace culture was inclusive of them compared to 83% of lesbian and gay respondents.
• 69% of lesbian and gay respondents agreed that senior leaders demonstrate a visible commitment to lesbian and gay equality. Fewer than half of bi and trans respondents agreed that senior leaders demonstrate support for bi and trans equality
• 82% of respondents said their workplace had an LGBT network group. Of these respondents, 79% thought the group was a valuable and effective asset to their workplace.

The paper notes the best employers: strive to create an inclusive environment where all LGBT people can flourish; understand that when people are forced to hide parts of their identity, their performance suffers; and actively communicate their commitment to LGBT equality to all employees.