India’s new workplace equality index has become a sign of how far the country is moving forward when it comes to LGBTQ+ rights. India’s groundbreaking equality index is a promising prospect of wider recognition of the LGBTQ+ community in more formal and professional environments.
The index is India’s first regulation at hand for employers to measure and track LGBTQ+ inclusion and visibility at the workplace.
The new index, which is a comprehensive benchmarking tool for employers to measure their progress on lesbian, gay, bi and trans (LGBT+) inclusion in the workplace measures nine areas: policies and benefits, employee lifecycle, employee network group, allies and role models, senior leadership, monitoring, procurement, community