Bristol City Council ranked 21st most gay-friendly employer in the country
Bristol City Council has been ranked the 21st most gay-friendly employer in the country by Stonewall the equal rights campaigning and lobbying group.
The announcement has seen the local authority rise 20 places from 41st last year in the annually-published league tables and 105 places since 2010, following efforts by the council to improve its policies and practices with regard to lesbian, gay and bisexual people.
Nearly 400 employers entered the national Workplace Equality Index with the top 100 highlighting the businesses, charities and public bodies doing the most to tackle discrimination.
The city council is the third most gay-friendly local authority behind Brighton and Hove and Leicestershire County Council.
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Councillor Gus Hoyt, Cabinet Member for Neighbourhoods and the Environment, said: "Since 2010 when we set out to improve our policies and procedures with regards to lesbian, gay and bisexual people has been outstanding. For Bristol City Council to rate so highly in the Stonewall Index ratings is fantastic news.
"The council is now the third highest-ranked local authority in the country and the 21st employer overall.
"This is a considerable achievement and the reflects all the hard work that has gone over the last three years in particular to improve the authority's performance on equalities. Next year I would like us to aim to be the best."
As well as asking the council to evidence whether it has appropriate policies and practices in place, Stonewall also asks individual employees to fill in a separate questionnaire setting out how they think the organisation was doing.
Stonewall was founded in 1989 by a small group of women and men who had been active in the struggle against Section 28 of the Local Government Act.
It works with a range of agencies to address the needs of lesbians, gay men and bisexuals in the wider community.
Comments
by Gazzabristol
Thursday, January 17 2013, 11:00PM
“Put yourselves in the shoes of an a-sexual and ask yourself how this looks from a purely impartial standpoint.
What in the hell has the private matter of who (or what) you wish to penetrate with your genitalia got to do with your job or employer?
It is just flat out bizarre. You might as well just improve your polices with regards to people that prefer cider over beer or who drive a blue car instead of a red one.
This is a complete waste of money and resources that would be better spent on assisting those with factors that genuinely do have a bearing on their work. E.g. people with child care issues or disabilities.
My suggestion to people of either sexuality is to stop nattering about such personal matters and get some bloody work done. If you don't go around blabbering about purely private matters (regardless of what they are) then there won't be any issues. Some things are just not relevant and totally inappropriate to discuss in a professional working environment.
I am a defender of the public sector but only when I see outright BS and lies about it in the press or comments section. In this case I have to concede that there are people at BCC with too much time on their hands.”
by quagmire3
Thursday, January 17 2013, 10:34PM
“Concentrate on the real issues BCC, instead of trying to get brownie points from the minorities.”
by Pelagian
Thursday, January 17 2013, 8:49PM
“Many of comments below fully demonstrate why this sort of initiative is required. If the posters below think gay people have it so easy in the workplace just think of all the lovely extra opportunities that would open up to them if they could just bring themselves to sn0g another man.”
by Millard87
Thursday, January 17 2013, 7:31PM
“"This is a considerable achievement and the reflects all the hard work that has gone over the last three years in particular to improve the authority's performance on equalities. Next year I would like us to aim to be the best."
In other words "Apply for this job and if you say you are Homosexual there is a 99% chance you will get it because we will go up in the league table"
I think this is rather Gay”
by Millard87
Thursday, January 17 2013, 7:27PM
“Are you kidding me!!?? This is part of the reason why this country is screwed, it's pointless statistics like these that encourage employers to employ minorities and not the right person for the job!”
by SCHRIS
Thursday, January 17 2013, 7:24PM
“It shouldn't matter anymore. Period.”
by NOTBITTER1
Thursday, January 17 2013, 6:30PM
“why pander to these bloody ****s”
by sploge1948
Thursday, January 17 2013, 5:28PM
“one more brighton on the way”
by Jimenez47
Thursday, January 17 2013, 5:17PM
“Bristol, historically important industrial and maritime city. Brunel, Cabot, sugar, slaves, aircraft and all that stuff..now reduced to worrying about how beastly it is to gayers.”
by Roversteve
Thursday, January 17 2013, 4:23PM
“Ooooooooooo luvly”