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Jan 24 2023

Constructing Rainbows - disability employment, toxic bosses and braille fences

Inclusion update for the built environment and renewables industries
Newsletter 35: disability employment, toxic bosses and braille fences
Constructing Rainbows advises built environment and renewables organisations across the globe who have an aim of making our industry inclusive for all. To find out more visit www.constructingrainbows.co.uk
This newsletter will provide you with some updates on what others are doing, within the built environment, renewables and in other industries.
Home builders support new Women into Home Building Employment Programme
Women into Construction have partnered with the Home Builders Federation and 9 major homebuilders to create a new programme, with the aim to recruit women into Site Manager roles.
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Female tradies are still a rare breed, but the sector is slowly growing more diverse. Both men and women in the industry say making construction more family friendly would be better for all workers.
Braille fence describes the view
This wall breathes life — physically and poetically — into an incredible look at the city.
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Women more likely to work from home due to noisy workplaces
Women working in noisy and distracting offices are more likely than male colleagues to resort to homeworking instead of reporting disruptive behaviour to bosses, a study reveals.
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Construction boss Alison Mirams wants to encourage more women into the sector. But to do that, she’s putting a lot of noses out of joint.
The year ahead will likely see the continuation of a number of trends for diversity and inclusion (D&I) in employment across the world, as regulators demand more attention for the issue and employers battle through the current shortage of skilled labour.
Young adults are biased against female leaders, survey shows.
Bias against female leaders is on the rise, according to an international survey. Most worrisome, the study revealed younger generations have less progressive views about women in leadership roles than their parents or grandparents.
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The Respect@Work website brings together a comprehensive set of resources to support individuals and organisations to better understand, prevent and address workplace sexual harassment.
Miscarriage association: colleagues information and support
Information to help you offer support to a colleague who has experienced miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy or molar pregnancy.
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If you expect your employees to rat out their toxic boss, you're failing as a leader
Many if not most professionals have at one time or another experienced mistreatment and even abuse from a boss. If you're a leader and don't address abuse in your culture, you're not doing your job. 
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The use of “they” and “them” seems to be causing grief for some men, but it’s important to remember there’s a person on the other end of those pronouns.
Surge in remote working fuels record employment for people with disabilities
After generations of being overlooked and sidelined in the job market, Americans with disabilities are enjoying an unprecedented employment boom — thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic and flexible working.
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Sexual orientation and gender identity - census data revealed
The number of LGBT+ people living in England and Wales has been revealed in the 2021 census.
Be cautious with the results as many people will not have shared their data.
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