PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
LGBT+ People (11 July 2018)

The Government is clear that discrimination and harassment of LGBT people is wrong.

While there has been great progress in workplace equality over recent years, we know from the National LGBT survey that too many LGBT people feel unable to be themselves at work and that the majority of incidents in the workplace were left unreported.

This is why we have committed in the LGBT Action plan to provide employers with free training materials to support LGBT inclusion in the workplace. We will also bring together employers to help us understand the experiences of LGBT staff in different sectors and to develop targeted interventions to improve the experience of LGBT people at work.

The Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service already provide invaluable advice to employers on workplace equality. They will make sure that LGBT harassment is included in sexual harassment policies and guidance they issue.