WRITE/UPDATE YOUR D&I POLICY
This 10-point guide will help you design or update a D&I policy.
Diversity and inclusion make good business sense because they deliver a range of positive organisational, team and individual outcomes. A diverse and inclusive workplace is clearly linked to improved profit and performance, innovation, creativity, talent management, engagement and wellbeing. Employers also have legal obligations and responsibilities not to discriminate against employees and to take ‘all reasonable steps’ to prevent discrimination, harassment, victimisation or bullying.
Every two years, Diversity Council Australia undertakes a national study tracking the state of inclusion in the Australian workforce. That study, the DCA Inclusion@Work Index, sets out a strong business case for inclusion and the benefits it has on the performance and well-being of all employees.
DCA’s Inclusion@Work Index 2019-2020 shows that:
There is strong support for inclusion
Inclusion at work is good for business
Workers in inclusive organisational cultures are:
Inclusion at work is good for employees
Inclusion at work creates employee satisfaction, success, and security.
Workers in inclusive organisational cultures are:
Inclusion at work benefits EVERYONE
When organisations take action to create a more diverse and inclusive (D&I) workplace, it benefits everyone. Using disability as an example, in organisations taking D&I actions, we found similar proportions of workers with and without disability were very satisfied with their jobs (45% workers with disability, 51% workers without disability) – and significantly more satisfied than workers with and without disability in organisations where no D&I action was being taken (18% workers with disability, 25% workers without disability).
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Suggested citation: Diversity Council Australia (O’Leary, J. and D’Almada-Remedios, R.) DCA-Suncorp Inclusion@Work Index 2019–2020: Mapping the State of Inclusion in the Australian Workforce, Sydney, Diversity Council Australia, 2019.
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