Part of the concerns of the LGBTQ+ community is the non-inclusiveness they encounter at their various workplaces. How can employers make their workspace inclusive for everyone irrespective of sexuality?
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Part of the concerns of the LGBTQ+ community is the non-inclusiveness they encounter at their various workplaces. How can employers make their workspace inclusive for everyone irrespective of sexuality?
To ensure that all employees feel safe and comfortable, it’s important for organizations to develop clear anti-discrimination policies and then enforce them consistently and fairly, when an employee voices a complaint, be sure to promptly investigate the issue. Another major way to make LGBTQ folks feel comfortable at work is for employers to take health care benefits a step further and offer a plan that covers and supports your transgender employees. Also, organize diversity and inclusion training for staff at all levels. Creating an inclusive workplace might seem like a huge task. However, you don’t need to do it overnight. It can and should be an evolving process. Start with smaller programs, and continue to build upon them as interest and resources grow. Both employees and customers will notice and appreciate the effort.
The first thing to do is to remove recruitment bias; this will further help you ensure you hire the person who is best for the job regardless of their race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, or national origin. People who have to hide their identities at work experience more stress. Be make sure to communicate to your lgbtq employees what your policies are, let them know what your company is doing to ensure everyone feels comfortable. Listen to what people want to do. Respect and use their pronouns. Allow people to list their pronouns on email signatures and other work-related things. The critical point of all this is that everyone deserves a job based on their knowledge, skills, and abilities. Everything else should be irrelevant. This means ensuring that everyone is welcome in your company.