At a time when businesses have been reassessing the relative merits of office, hybrid and home working, global technology consultancy Thoughtworks commissioned research to explore how 2,000 employees rated British businesses for supporting diversity and inclusion issues in the workplace – specifically, whether they thought British businesses were doing enough on DEI, which groups needed to be better supported, and in which industry sectors the most and least progress had been made.
The results revealed that seven in ten UK businesses need to do more to support DEI in the workplace – with many areas needing review.
- Only 28% of employees think UK businesses do enough to support diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in the workplace, and this falls to just 11% among young workers (aged under 25)
- Disability topped the poll. Two in five respondents (40%) believed British business decision makers needed to do more to improve inclusion, equity and diversity programmes to support employees with disabilities.
- Social mobility was also seen as a key area for improvement, with many…
