HR: Luxembourg’s deputy prime minister had some advice on employee engagement at this summit.
How to better include lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) staff in the workplace and the benefits this can bring to bosses was a subject of a conference organised by the Comité pour la Charte de la Diversité Lëtzebuerg (Luxembourg Diversity Charter Committee) earlier this month.
According to the NGO’s most recent survey, only 30% of Luxembourg employers that have signed the group’s “Diversity Charter” include LGBT people within their official diversity policy. This represents 14.5% of LGBT employees, the committee stated.
The headline speech was given by Étienne Schneider, the deputy prime minister, who shared some of his own professional experiences, the NGO said in a press summary.
The other speakers were David Pollard of Workplace Pride, Vinay Kappor of BNP Paribas in the UK, Bruce Hedgcock of BNP Paribas and The Pride Network in France, and Gabriele Schneider of Rosa Lëtzebuerg.
More than 160 people attended the event, which was held 12 January at the offices of BGL BNP Paribas in Kirchberg.
Étienne Schneider delivering an opening addressNancy Thomas of the Diversity Charter CommitteeFabienne Dasnoy of the conference co-organiser BGL BNP ParibasDavid PollardDavid Pollard speaks during the “LGBTI in the workplace” conference held in Kirchberg, 12 Jan.Round table panelists David Pollard, Bruce Hedgcock and Vinay KapooÉtienne Schneider and Fabienne DasnoyVinay Kapoor, Bruce Hedgcock and David PollardGabriele SchneiderGabriele Schneider, David Pollard, Nancy Thomas, Étienne Schneider, Fabienne Dasnoy, Vinay Kapoor, Bruce HedgcockThe “LGBTI in the workplace” conference held in Kirchberg, 12 Jan.The “LGBTI in the workplace” conference held in Kirchberg, 12 Jan.Networking with Étienne Schneider (on right)Networking with David Pollard (on left)The “LGBTI in the workplace” conference held in Kirchberg, 12 Jan.
