June 2015 - Pride in SportPride in Sport

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PUBLIC SECTOR PLAYING CATCH-UP ON LGBTI FRIENDLY WORKPLACES

AUSTRALIA’S public sector is falling behind on LGBTI inclusion, new research has revealed. Of the 20 highest-ranked organisations in the annual Australian Workplace Equality Index (AWEI) of LGBTI friendly employers, only one-in-five comes from the public sector. Read the full article online here.

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Australian Financial Review: Pricewaterhousecoopers-wins-top-employer-for-lgbti-support

At a slightly more than black-and-grey corporate event on Friday, professional services firm, PricewaterhouseCoopers, was awarded Australia's 2015 employer of the year for workplace support for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people. Westpac Group and Curtin University took out second and third place respectively in the Australian Workplace Equality Index

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Here’s Australia’s 20 most LGBTI-friendly employers

An awards luncheon today has announced Australia’s top 20 proudest local companies for their efforts with workplace support for LGBTI people. The event was hosted by Pride in Diversity, Australia’s first and only national employer support program for the inclusion of LGBTI people in the workplace. PwC Australia was given the top

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PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS NAMED TOP EMPLOYER FOR LGBTI PEOPLE FOR THE SECOND TIME

PricewaterhouseCoopers has been named Australia’s top employer for LGBTI people for 2015. The Australian arm of the global professional services firm topped a list of 20 organisations which were recognised today at a special luncheon in Sydney organised by Pride in Diversity, Australia’s first and only national employer support program for

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GAY PAY GAP: The impact of orientation on salary & earnings growth

Dawn Hough, Pride in Diversity, Australia There have been several reports and research studies over the last couple of years reporting on the pay gap between gay men, gay women and their heterosexual counterparts. In 2014, a study commissioned by World Bank and IZA World of Labor looking into Sexual orientation and

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Australia and Hong Kong set to announce Top Employers: LGBTI Inclusion

I had the absolute pleasure of spending several days in Hong Kong with Community Business last week, Hong Kong’s leading diversity advisors and advocates for LGBT workplace inclusion. Community business, with the recent launch of their inaugural LGBT workplace inclusion index have been running a campaign called #time4changeHK . After spending

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SPORTING ORGANISATIONS COMMIT TO AN INDEX TO TACKLE HOMOPHOBIA

Dawn Hough, Director, Pride in Diversity (ACON) Pride in Diversity has been commissioned by Australian Human Rights Commission and Australian Sports Commission to develop an index to assess, measure and drive inclusive practice in Australian Sports.\ Pride in Diversity is best known for its internationally recognised Workplace Equality Index (AWEI), an annual

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Impossible to Measure LGBTI Workplace Inclusion? No!

2015 marks the 5th year of the Australian Workplace Equality Index (AWEI), Australia’s definitive national benchmark on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender & Intersex (LGBTI) workplace inclusion. The AWEI also comprises the largest and only national employee survey of its kind designed to gauge the overall impact of inclusion initiatives on

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LGBTIQ Inclusion in Australian Universities – Raising the Bar

Two weeks ago I had the pleasure of attending the launch of the Australian LGBTI University Guide at the Australian Human Rights Commission Headquarters in Sydney. The guide is a joint effort from the Gay & Lesbian Rights Lobby, Sydney Star Observer, Out For Australia, Oii, and Transgender Victoria that seeks

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LGBTI Inclusion: Are Your Leaders Really Engaged?

A panel I spoke on recently, sparked some interesting debate, which raised the question: "When it comes to inclusion and progressing the diversity agenda - are your leaders really engaged, or are they just paying lip service?" I know what I believe to be true. LGBTI Inclusion is unique, with more and

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