BT scraps diversity targets from managers’ bonuses

BT is preparing to remove the scales of diversity, fairness and integration (Dei) from the reward accounts for thousands of its medium managers, just weeks after its executive companies that tighten their comprehensive work that retracted their totalitarian obligations.

Currently, up to 10 percent of the annual rewards of about 37,000 BT managers are associated with sex, race and disability goals, as well as participation between the actors ’groups, an incomplete representation. From next year, this measure will be replaced by a broader survey of employees ’participation in general, leaving only 550 senior leaders in the company subject to specific bonus standards related to Dei.

BT insists that it still focuses on the current statement of the statement, which, by this year, aims to have 41 percent of senior female managers, 15 percent of ethnic minorities and 10 percent with disability. The company says so far that 35 percent of its major managers are women, 9 percent of the backgrounds of ethnic minorities and 14 percent suffer from a disability.

The proposed changes as Alison Kirkby, the first executive president of BT, is looking to stimulate the former state -backed communications giant. Although BT says it is “good progress” on Dei, this step has led to concern that British companies can weaken their leadership towards comprehensive workplaces.

In a note for employees, Kirkbe expressed her intention to protect the BT’s DEI’s efforts, saying that it is frustrated by the vision of other companies “retreat.” BT repeated her position, saying that Dei will remain part of the executive rewards.

Meanwhile, through the Atlantic Ocean, Google told employees that it would give up the goal of increasing employment from the groups that were represented historically and dealing with other Dei policies. The search engine giant for such goals announced in 2020 amid widespread pledges to address racist inequality after the killing of George Floyd. However, the recent legal and political challenges in the United States encouraged many major American companies to expand the DEI initiatives.

Meta, Walmart and McDonald’s platforms are among those who have cleared their inclusive programs. Others, such as Jpmorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs, say they are planning to maintain diversity obligations and enhance acting within their working bases and customer bases.


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