Lgbtq+ workplace discrimination
Workplace
In June 2020, the Supreme Court of the United States affirmed that LGBTQ+ workers are protected from discrimination under the Civil Rights Do of 1964 — a landmark decision.
Choose from one of our featured topics to explore specific areas of our Workplace resources.
employment
While the SCOTUS ruling marked a major advancement for LGBTQ+ equality, there is still labor to be done to ensure every workplace has inclusive policies and practices in place. Non-discrimination policies, benefits and other practices that include LGBTQ+ workers are essential for businesses as they compete for talent and customers. Through pioneering tools like the Corporate Equality Index, HRC works to provide employers the resources they necessitate to improve and promote fairness in the workplace.
State & Local Policy, Workplace, Laws & Legislation
MEI 2024: See Your Cities' Scores
HRC's Municipal Equality Index (MEI) demonstrates the ways that many cities can — and do — support the LGBTQ+ people who stay and work there, even where states and the…
Municipal Equality Index 2024
The 2023 MEI is the twelfth annual edition and rates a total of 506 c
Equality Rising: LGBTQ+ Workers and the Road Ahead
The national findings underscore the persistence of workplace double standards and social isolation faced by Gay people.
Since 2008, the Human Rights Campaign Foundation, through its Workplace Equality Program, has conducted four major national studies of the workplace environment for lesbian, gay, bisexual, non-binary and queer (LGBTQ+) workers: “Degrees of Equality,” “The Cost of the Closet and The Rewards of Inclusion,” “A Workplace Divided: Understanding the Climate for LGBTQ+ Workers Nationwide,” and now, “Equality Rising: Queer Workers and the Street Ahead.”
Over these decades of research, we have been able to better distinguish the key shapers of the workplace climate for LGBTQ+ inclusion, which includes everyday non-work-related conversations, daily interactions with one’simmediate supervisor and working group, and the comfort with, and acceptance of, LGBTQ+ identities and communities by their colleagues.
In "Equality Rising", HRC Foundation seeks to help contextualize the current workplace climate and experiences of LGBTQ+ workers.
HRC Foundation found that:
- 84% of LGBTQ+ workers, are out to at le
LGBTQ Discrimination in the Workplace
Workplace LGBTQ discrimination can have many negative impacts on both employees and businesses. For employees, this type of discrimination can head to feelings of anxiety, depression, and isolation. It can also affect a worker’s ability to do their employment effectively. In some cases, LGBTQ discrimination has even resulted in physical violence.
A recent survey from the UCLA School of Rule determined that 46 percent of LGBTQ workers have faced employment discrimination. Nearly half of the workers surveyed reported they had received unfair treatment because of their gender culture or sexual orientation, including being harassed at work, excluded from company events, passed over for a job, or denied a promotion.
This unfair treatment can have adverse mental and physical effects on employees. For example, one Canadian study concluded that unsupportive serve environments led to needy mental health among LGBTQ people. These problems can be directly related to physical issues like fatigue, headaches, and digestive problems.
Gender or sexual orientation discrimination in the workplace could also severely impact businesses. Studies have revealed t
LGBTQ People’s Experiences of Workplace Discrimination and Harassment
Executive Summary
Over 8 million workers in the U.S. identify as LGBT.Employment discrimination and harassment based on sexual orientation and gender identity own been widely documented.Recent investigate has found that LGBTQ people continue to deal with mistreatment in the workplace,even after the U.S. Supreme Court held in 2020 that discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity is prohibited by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.Experiences of workplace discrimination and harassment negatively impact employees’ health and well-being, as well as their job commitment, satisfaction, and productivity. These primary effects can, in turn, outcome in higher costs and other negative outcomes for employers.
This report examines experiences of discrimination and harassment against LGBTQ employees using a survey of 1,902 LGBTQ adults in the workforce conducted in the summer of 2023. It is based on a similar study published by the Williams Institute in 2021.This report examines the lifetime, five-year, and past-year workplace experiences of LGBTQ employees. It compares the experiences of transgender a
Almost half of Diverse workers have faced discrimination or prejudice at work because of their sexuality or gender self, research finds
Almost half (47 per cent) of UK Diverse employees say they have experienced discrimination or prejudice at work as a result of their sexuality or gender identity, research by Randstad has found.
The global study surveyed more than 2,000 members of the LGBTQ+ community in seven countries, and evaluated progress and the challenges faced by the people in the workplace over the last five years.
In the poll 38 per cent of Homosexual individuals said their sexuality or gender identity had an impact on their pay, and a quarter (27 per cent) claimed that the discrimination they faced at operate had become worse in the past five years.
Two in five (39 per cent) said they felt more isolated in their jobs than they did five years ago.
Quarter of LGBT+ little adults go ‘back into the closet’ after starting perform, research finds
Majority of line managers not receiving LGBT inclusivity training, research finds
Lesbian and bi women and trans people do not experience comfortable being their ‘true selves’ in the workplace,