In June 2020, the Supreme Court of the United States affirmed that LGBTQ workers are protected from discrimination under the Civil Rights Act of 1964 — a landmark decision.
The Pension Protection Act of 2006 (PPA) changed the way that retirement plan benefits may be paid after a participant passes away. The PPA allows nonspouse beneficiaries, including employees' partners,…
Retirement plans may allow their participants to access retirement savings to help with a financial hardship, such as unreimbursed medical expenses, incurred by the participant's spouse or federally-defined tax dependents.…
The following information is from our 2009 report, "Degrees of Equality: A National Study Examining Workplace Climate for LGBTQ Employees."
Anecdotal evidence supports that LGBTQ inclusion efforts improve recruitment, development…
The Human Rights Campaign Foundation studied how LGBTQ identity surfaces and unfolds in the workplace, how environment can affect the retention and productivity of all employees and how organizations can…
In our latest video series, experts team up to dispell some common and harmful misconceptions surrounding the lived experiences of transgender and gender nonconforming people.
The Workplace Equality team provides critical LGBTQ public policy updates to major businesses through a monthly Corporate Public Policy Task Force call and Corporate Public Policy email blasts. Register for…
The Corporate Equality Index objectively measures how equitably large, private-sector businesses in the United States treat their lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer employees, consumers and investors. For the 2007-2011…
In June of 2020, the HRC Foundation announced a new recertification process for returning Corporate Equality Index (CEI) rated companies meeting defined eligibility requirements.
As the national benchmarking tool measuring policies, practices and benefits pertinent to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) employees, the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s Corporate Equality Index is a…
By supporting businesses that support workplace equality you send a powerful message that LGBTQ inclusion is good for the bottom line.