This year's list of the 100 best employers of gay people has been published by Stonewall. Not surprisingly, public sector organisations dominate, though the presence of three police forces among the top four organisations may be rather more counter-intuitive if you haven't been following the efforts of various constabularies in this area over recent years.
A full list of the top 100 appears below, but it is also worth downloading the Workplace Equality Index from Stonewall's website as it has lots more interesting information.
The top employer for 2008 is Nacro, the national crime reduction charity. The Greater London Authority comes second. Hampshire and Staffordshire police forces are joint third in the index. Pinsent Masons was named Most Improved Employer and HM Prison Service wins an award for Network Group of the Year.
The top 100 employers of gay people were ranked on criteria ranging from implementation of effective equality policies to practical demonstration of good practice in recruitment and mentoring and how they engage with lesbian and gay staff, customers and service users. The 240 employers who entered the 2008 index had to get a minimum score of 71% to be placed in the top 100, up from 40% in 2005.
As it happens, XpertHR has a case study of Staffordshire Police's efforts to become a gay-friendly organisation (subscription required), and another on Nacro's diversity strategy (subscription required). We have also spoken to Lloyds TSB (subscription required), one of the top private sector employers in the list, about its diversity agenda.
Top 100 employers for gay people in Britain1 |
Nacro |
96% |
2 |
Greater London Authority |
95% |
3 |
Hampshire Constabulary |
94% |
3 |
Staffordshire Police |
94% |
5 |
IBM |
93% |
6 |
Lloyds TSB |
92% |
6 |
Manchester City Council |
92% |
6 |
Transport for London |
92% |
9 |
Brighton and Hove City Council |
91% |
9 |
PricewaterhouseCoopers |
91% |
11 |
BT |
90% |
11 |
Lothian and Borders Police |
90% |
13 |
London Fire Brigade |
89% |
14 |
Gentoo Group |
88% |
14 |
Home Office |
88% |
16 |
Cambridge City Council |
87% |
17 |
Accenture |
86% |
17 |
Barclays |
86% |
17 |
Credit Suisse |
86% |
17 |
HM Prison Service |
86% |
17 |
London Borough of Tower Hamlets |
86% |
17 |
Sheffield City Council |
86% |
17 |
South Wales Police |
86% |
24 |
Citizens Advice |
85% |
24 |
Ministry of Defence Police and Guarding Agency |
85% |
26 |
Foreign & Commonwealth Office |
84% |
26 |
Kent Police |
84% |
26 |
Time Warner |
84% |
29 |
Gloucestershire County Council |
83% |
29 |
Kent County Council |
83% |
29 |
KPMG |
83% |
29 |
The Co-operative |
83% |
33 |
East Sussex County Council |
82% |
33 |
Metropolitan Housing Partnership |
82% |
33 |
Metropolitan Police Service |
82% |
33 |
St Mungo's |
82% |
33 |
West Midlands Police |
82% |
38 |
Bristol City Council |
81% |
38 |
Deloitte & Touche |
81% |
38 |
Essex Police |
81% |
38 |
Goldman Sachs |
81% |
38 |
Shropshire County Council |
81% |
43 |
Ford |
80% |
43 |
Greater Manchester Police |
80% |
43 |
HBOS |
80% |
43 |
JPMorgan |
80% |
43 |
Lehman Brothers |
80% |
43 |
Merrill Lynch |
80% |
43 |
Welsh Assembly Government |
80% |
43 |
West Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service |
80% |
51 |
Audit Commission |
79% |
51 |
Bath and North East Somerset Council |
79% |
51 |
Land Registry |
79% |
51 |
Ofcom |
79% |
51 |
Scottish Government |
79% |
51 |
Skillset Sector Skills Council |
79% |
51 |
Tower Hamlets Primary Care Trust |
79% |
51 |
West Yorkshire Police |
79% |
59 |
British Council |
78% |
59 |
Bromley Primary Care Trust |
78% |
59 |
Citi |
78% |
59 |
Environment Agency |
78% |
59 |
Environment Agency Wales |
78% |
59 |
Hertfordshire Constabulary |
78% |
59 |
Ministry of Justice |
78% |
59 |
Thames Valley Police |
78% |
67 |
Arts Council England |
77% |
67 |
Avon and Somerset Probation Area |
77% |
67 |
Leeds City Council |
77% |
67 |
London Borough of Waltham Forest |
77% |
67 |
Nottinghamshire County Council |
77% |
67 |
Pinsent Masons |
77% |
67 |
Royal Navy |
77% |
74 |
Cambridgeshire County Council |
76% |
74 |
City of London Police |
76% |
74 |
Department for Work and Pensions |
76% |
74 |
Morgan Stanley |
76% |
78 |
Aviva |
75% |
78 |
British Transport Police |
75% |
78 |
Centre for Excellence in Leadership |
75% |
78 |
Commission for Social Care Inspection |
75% |
78 |
Ernst & Young |
75% |
78 |
London Borough of Hackney |
75% |
78 |
HM Revenue and Customs |
75% |
78 |
Millivres Prowler Group |
75% |
78 |
Newcastle City Council |
75% |
78 |
St Basils |
75% |
88 |
Cheshire Police |
74% |
88 |
Crown Prosecution Service |
74% |
88 |
Procter & Gamble |
74% |
88 |
Suffolk County Council and Customer Service Direct |
74% |
92 |
Bedfordshire Police |
73% |
92 |
Nationwide Building Society |
73% |
94 |
Derbyshire County Council |
72% |
94 |
Gwent Police |
72% |
94 |
Shaw Trust |
72% |
97 |
American Express |
71% |
97 |
Barnardo's |
71% |
97 |
Birmingham City Council |
71% |
97 |
Kier Building Maintenance |
71% |
97 |
UBS |
71% |
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