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Office DEI schemes are failing Jewish staff, with seven in ten avoiding raising antisemitism concerns at work, a survey finds

Hundreds gather outside Downing Street in May as a show of solidarity with Britain's Jewish community — yet a new survey finds 75.5 per cent of Jewish employees call their employer's DEI response to antisemitism…
Hundreds gather outside Downing Street in May as a show of solidarity with Britain's Jewish community — yet a new survey finds 75.5 per cent of Jewish employees call their employer's DEI response to antisemitism…

Professor Binna Kandola OBE, whose firm Pearn Kandola conducted the study of 1,002 Jewish employees across the UK, found a "significant" gap between corporate equality pledges and actual protection for Jewish staff. Just 15.9 per cent of respondents said they felt able to raise antisemitism concerns, even where DEI teams were visibly active on wider discrimination. The research follows a 2024 study that tracked a nearly 50 per cent rise in antisemitic workplace incidents after October 7, 2023.

87 per cent of respondents said their employer had made a strong public stand against racism — yet 75.5 per cent called the DEI response to antisemitism inconsistent.

Employees who raised concerns found them variously denied, written off as misunderstandings, or noted by management without any meaningful action being taken.

Jewish workers described diversity teams as failing to engage — with some reporting this pattern even at large US multinationals with American DEI departments.

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