Home Office named a top employer for women in 2014
11 Apr 2014 04:22 PM
Leading the way by creating an equal workplace
for all - the Home Office features in The Times Top 50 Employers for
women.
The
Home Office made the Top 50 by demonstrating that gender equality is a key part
of its business strategy and showing consistent commitment to progressing women
across the entire organisation.
Home Secretary Theresa May said:
I
am delighted the Home Office is being celebrated as an employer which supports
the diversity of its staff and promotes gender equality.
It’s a source of pride that in recent years we
have been repeatedly recognised as a diverse employer and this government will
continue to do all it can to promote equality and fairness in the
workplace.
During 2013/14 the Home Office work on diversity was
recognised through the following awards:
- Times top 50 Employers for Women for
2014
- In
the Stonewall Index for 2014, the Home Office was voted the top government
employer and was ranked joint fifth place overall with the international
professional services firm, Ernst & Young
- Gold standard in the Opportunity Now and Race for
Opportunity benchmarks
- Winners of the community engagement category of the 2013
Asian Women of Achievement awards
- Winner of the ‘Transparency, monitoring and
action’ award at the 2013 Race for Opportunity awards
Kathryn Nawrockyi, Director of Opportunity Now,
said:
Congratulations to Home Office on being included in The
Times Top 50 Employers for Women 2014.
The
standard of entries was incredibly high once again and they should be hugely
proud of their success. They are a great example of strong leadership; of how
putting gender equality at the core of a business can create real, sustainable
change for women, organisations and society as a whole. I hope other employers
will be inspired by their work and use it to accelerate progress for women in
their workforce.
The
list is published in partnership with Opportunity Now and is part of Business
in the Community’s Responsible
Business Week.
Each entry form is stringently marked against a
framework of best practice and assessed anonymously by a team of gender
diversity experts within Opportunity Now. The full list of The Times Top 50
Employers for Women 2014 is available via the Opportunity Now
website.