Lloyds was derided as a woke laughing stock last night after it advised staff to avoid using the word 'widow' in its new 'inclusive language' guidance - despite the company owning Scottish Widows.
Lloyds has issued a list of everyday terms for its 57,000 workers to avoidLloyds was derided as a woke laughing stock last night after it advised staff to avoid using the word 'widow' in its new 'inclusive language' guidance – despite the company owning the high-profile insurer Scottish Widows.
But it is the 'banning' of 'widow' which will attract most ire, as its Scottish Widows subsidiary is one of the world's most recognised brands, managing assets totalling almost £200 billion. This refers to a type of cyber security testing that firms perform to check their systems are safe. But Lloyds says it may ‘infer a level of gender bias’. It may ‘conjure up an unwarranted and intrusive bodily image or may be triggering’.
He added: 'Is this kind of nanny state approach to language going to make things better or worse in Lloyds?'
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