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Open for Business puts the price of LGBTQ+ exclusion in Japan at ¥6.04–16.42 trillion a year, from health costs to a wage gap. With the population shrinking and no national anti-discrimination law, its message is simple: Japan can't afford to waste talent.
A government draft to replace Ukraine's 1971 Labour Code cleared a key parliamentary committee on September 25. It keeps the ban on discrimination over sexual orientation and gender identity at work. LGBTQ+ groups are pushing to add gender expression and sex characteristics before the final vote.
The 2026 SAWEI report scored South African employers on 110 measures of LGBTQ+ inclusion. Only a handful finished the process — and even top performers still leave queer staff closeted.
While Japan's courts wrestle with marriage equality, the cabinet has quietly adopted the country's first nationwide framework for LGBTQ+ awareness in schools, universities, and workplaces.
Law 13/2025 updates a decade-old statute with fines up to €500,000, mandatory workplace protocols for larger companies, and LGBTI clauses written into public contracts.
Spain's new workplace equality rules require companies to actively protect LGBTQ+ employees — and businesses say implementation has been surprisingly easy.
