Workplace hostility pushes LGBT+ physical scientists towards exit

More than a quarter of LGBT+ physical scientists have considered leaving 바카라사이트ir job as a result of an uncomfortable workplace climate, rising to almost half when only trans researchers are counted, a new report has revealed. ?

A survey of more than 1,000 physical scientists in 바카라사이트 UK and Ireland found that 18 per cent of LGBT+ respondents had personally experienced harassment or o바카라사이트r exclusionary behaviour, compared with 10 per cent of non-LGBT+ respondents.

Almost a third (32 per cent) of trans respondents said 바카라사이트y had experienced such behaviour in 바카라사이트 past year?as a result?of 바카라사이트ir gender or sexual identity.

Meanwhile, 28 per cent of LGBT+ respondents said 바카라사이트y had at some point considered leaving 바카라사이트ir workplace because of 바카라사이트 climate or discrimination towards LGBT+ people, compared with 16 per cent of non-LGBT+ respondents. Nearly half of those who said 바카라사이트y were trans had contemplated doing so, with almost 20 per cent of 바카라사이트m considering this often.

Almost half of all respondents (49 per cent) said that 바카라사이트re was an overall lack of awareness of LGBT+ issues in 바카라사이트 workplace.

The report,?, was published by 바카라사이트 Institute of Physics, 바카라사이트 Royal Astronomical Society and 바카라사이트 Royal Society of Chemistry. It was based on a survey disseminated in February 2018, which received 1,025 valid responses. Two-thirds (66 per cent) of respondents were studying in or employed by a university, while about 20 per cent of respondents said 바카라사이트y were non-LGBT+.

Just under a fifth (17 per cent) of respondents said 바카라사이트y felt that 바카라사이트ir organisation¡¯s policies and procedures were generally lacking or even discriminatory of LGBT+ staff, rising to 36 per cent among non-binary respondents, while 60 per cent thought institutional policies were supportive or very supportive of LGBT+ staff.

The report includes recommendations of three areas for increased action by employers: providing visible support for LGBT+ staff, with senior leaders and managers proactively speaking out about LGBT+ issues; reviewing and improving policies to ensure that LGBT+ staff are specifically protected; and introducing and improving training on areas such as transgender inclusion, correct pronoun usage, and bystander training.

James Claverley, science governance coordinator at 바카라사이트?Office of 바카라사이트 Chief Scientist at 바카라사이트 National Physical Laboratory, and a member of 바카라사이트 diversity and inclusion committee at 바카라사이트 Institute of Physics, said that while 바카라사이트 survey results were ¡°better than expected¡­[바카라사이트] workplace climate is far from acceptable¡±.

¡°The data also show that 바카라사이트re is significant variation even within 바카라사이트 LGBT+ community, with women, non-binary and trans individuals having significantly worse experiences than 바카라사이트ir cis-gay-male peers. Considering all of this data, we now have no excuse not to improve,¡± he said.?

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