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‘The closet I built ended up a cage’: LGBTIQ mental health at work
A toxic workplace culture is bad for all employees, but can be a particular burden on LGBTIQ employees, already stigmatised by their sexuality or identity, writes RJ Miles. I wish workplace mental health initiatives were more about helping people to understand the psychology of burnout and less about getting people to do yoga. The benefits …
Yes, Emojis Can Be A Form Of Sexual Harassment
Whether it’s an eggplant, peach or even a love heart, emojis are supposed to be a fun way to communicate and even flirt. But workers are warned against sending suggestive emojis to colleagues. It could cost their job and leave them defending a sexual harassment claim. Emojis include suggestive objects like eggplants and peaches, which …
LGBTIQ Australians Surveyed On Workplace Sexual Harassment For National Inquiry
LGBTIQ Australians have been invited to share their views and experiences of sexual harassment at work in a new survey that will inform a national inquiry into the issue. The survey was started by the LGBTIQ Legal Service, part of the St Kilda Legal Service in Victoria, and survey responses will form the Centre’s submission …
‘Coming Out’ A Work In Progress For LGBTIQ Employees
The vast majority of LGBTIQ Australians are not comfortable coming out to their work colleagues. The Out at Work: from Prejudice to Pride report released last week suggests 25 per cent of employees were out to some people and almost 40 per cent were out to most people at work. The joint Royal Melbourne Institute …
For Many People, Coming Out In Their Workplace not One-Off Event
By Raymond Trau, RMIT University For many LGBTIQ+ workers coming out is a never-ending process. A recent study in the UK shows coming out at work is still a problem. Our research, to be launched in Sydney on August 27, supports this finding and further unpacks the reasons for these continuing difficulties. As LGBTIQ+ (lesbian, …
Half Of LGBTIQ Employees Are Still Closeted At Work, Study Finds
Just over half of LGBTIQ workers say they are comfortable being out at work, according to a new study by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC). Forty-six percent of the LGBTIQ workers say they are closeted at work, compared to 50 percent in 2008. In the HRC’s survey of 1,615 workers who were both gay and …
The Tradettes: Meet The Female Plumbers Breaking Down Stereotypes
Meet The Tradettes When you think you need a plumber how instinctive is it to think you’ll be calling on a man or a female plumber Short shorts and tool belt in tow ready to get in and do the dirty work on your kitchen sink or bathroom, it’s generally our first thought when it …
Gay Men Face A ‘Glass Ceiling’ At Work, New Study.
Discrimination is keeping some gay men from reaching high-level managerial positions, a new study has suggested. The research, which analysed data from almost 650,000 working-age adults in the UK, is the first large-scale evidence of the understudied sexual orientation gap in the workplace. While the new study found gay men outperform straight men in lower …