HRC publishes 2014 Corporate Equality Index

HRC logoBY MORGAN WELCH
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The Human Rights Campaign Foundation has released its twelfth annual 2014 Corporate Equality Index, known as “the national benchmarking tool on corporate policies and practices pertinent to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender employees.” Out of 934 businesses rated, the report gives a total of 304 of them the highest possible score for LGBT inclusion and support, awarding them the distinction of “Best Places to Work for LGBT Equality.”

In the introduction to the report, a letter from HRC Foundation President Chad Griffin declares that this year’s CEI “reveals record numbers of major businesses updating their non-discrimination policies and benefits packages well ahead of federal mandates.” Among Fortune 500 companies, 91 percent have policies explicitly protecting workers on the basis of sexual orientation, and 61 percent on the basis of gender identity.

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