a workplace for everyone.

60% of workers would turn down a job if the company’s values didn’t reflect their own.

That’s even higher for women, with 65% saying they’d stay away from a company whose values felt misaligned with their personal principles.

• 24% believe that their career options are limited due to their background. Among those who have completed a trade apprentice qualification this number grows to almost three-fifths (58%) of workers who feel their professional futures to be restricted due to their upbringing.
• Nearly half (49%) of people from an ethnic minority background feel that their career options are limited because of where they’ve come from.
• 15% of people in the world have some form of disability (source: WHO) – that’s over one billion people and makes up the biggest minority group globally.
• 52% of those with day-to-day activities limited due to health or a disability felt restricted professionally due to their background.

• 31% of people with children feel pressured to hide or change things about themselves in order to fit in at work.
• 22% of women feel uncomfortable talking openly about miscarriage in the workplace.

• 12% of respondents feel uncomfortable being honest about their sexuality in the workplace.
• Those who identify as gay or lesbian report feeling even less comfortable (28%), rising to 35% for bisexual colleagues.

30% feel uncomfortable talking openly about their mental health. This increases to 41% of people who are gay or lesbian and 48% of people who are bisexual.

A fifth of women (22%) are uncomfortable being honest about their reasons for taking sickness leave, compared to just 12% of men.