Some 75% of Jewish employees find workplace DEI approaches inconsistent on antisemitism - study

A new study by Pearn Kandola finds that 75.5% of Jewish employees in the UK feel workplace DEI approaches fail to respond consistently to antisemitism. The report surveyed 1,002 Jewish employees and conducted qualitative interviews, revealing a gap between corporate commitments and actual responses, with only 15.9% feeling able to raise concerns.

A new workplace study published on Tuesday by Pearn Kandola, a UK-based business psychology firm, reveals that 75.5% of Jewish employees feel that Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) approaches within their organizations fail to respond consistently to antisemitism. The report, titled 'Yes, But... Antisemitism and the Limits of Workplace Inclusion', surveyed 1,002 Jewish employees across the UK and conducted qualitative interviews. While 87% of respondents agreed their organization expressed a clear commitment to tackling racism, 72.7% noticed a gap between public commitments and actual responses, and 60.5% agreed that antisemitism receives less attention than other forms of racism. Only 15.9% of respondents felt able to raise concerns about antisemitism. Professor Binna Kandola told the Jerusalem Post that the problem goes beyond a lack of understanding of antisemitism, pointing to DEI frameworks that stereotype Jews as wealthy and powerful, leading to minimization of antisemitism. The study follows Pearn Kandola's 2024 research on workplace antisemitism and Islamophobia, which tracked a nearly 50% increase in antisemitic incidents following October 7, 2023.