Engineering is losing a potential £11.2bn due to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT+) engineers feeling unable to be their full selves at work, causing a 30% reduction in productivity.
Engineering lags behind other industrial sectors in terms of equality and diversity for LGBT+ people. A 2016 House of Commons investigation, in association with InterEngineering, reported that a culture of homophobia and transphobia have become embedded among workers, and this is having a negative impact on both workers and productivity. InterEngineering was established by LGBT+…
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