You don’t have to be gay to work here… but it helps

Earlier this week Stonewall (a gay equality organisation) published its annual "Workplace Equality Index".  This lists the UK's top 100 employers for gay people.

To quote from the press release "Employers were ranked according to criteria ranging from implementation of an effective equality policy to demonstrating how they engage with their lesbian and gay staff and customers and service users. The Index assesses actual practice, such as recruitment and mentoring activity, as well as just policy".

The number one employer in this year's report is IBM.  In second place is last year's winner, Staffordshire Police.  The Greater London Authority and Manchester City Council tie for third place.  Lloyds TSB is named Most Improved Employer and Manchester City Council wins an award for Network Group of the Year.

I don't want to take anything away from the survey by trying to be amusing. However, this quote really made me smile "A pink plateau still exists in too much of the British workplace". 

You can download the report from the press release page on the Stonewall website