Good practice briefing on LGBT+ workers


The TUC has produced briefing paper on employer good practice for LGBT+ workers.


LGBT workers continue to face prejudice and discrimination at work, usually in the form of bullying and harassment. And the experience of trans people is no better.


Many employers have professed to be “LGBT-friendly”, but, says the TUC, it is apparent that rhetoric and reality are not always the same thing. For that reason, the TUC is encouraging unions to press employers to adopt a more rigorous approach and oversight of their practices to help ensure that excellent equality policies are carried through into excellent practice throughout the workplace.


The briefing lays down six criteria on good practice, including negotiating equality, as all other workplace, policies with recognised unions.


An effective equality policy will cover all areas of the employer’s operations and all areas of equality, the TUC says. A key to success is clear leadership from the top of the organisation, reflected in a genuine commitment to training of managers and monitoring of progress.


www.tuc.org.uk/sites/default/files/Good%20practice%20criteria.pdf