From HRC:
2009 Corporate Equality Index Released
On Tuesday, September 2, HRC released the 2009 Corporate Equality Index. The report measures the extent to which the 583 rated employers protect their LGBT employees. Ratings are based on factors like non-discrimination policies, diversity training and benefits for domestic partners and transgender employees. The findings of this year's report include:
- 259 major U.S. businesses achieved the highest rating of 100 percent - up from 195 last year.
- 66 percent of rated businesses provide employment protections based on gender identity or expression, a 12 fold increase since the first CEI in 2002 when only 5 percent of rated businesses prohibited discrimination on the basis of gender identity or expression.
- Of the 255 Fortune 500 companies rated in the CEI, 120 received perfect scores. The average rating of Fortune 500 companies was 83 percent.
- In 2006, the first year law firms were invited to participate in the CEI, 13 achieved a score of 100 percent. That figure has leapt to 64 in the 2009 report, eclipsing banking and financial services firms.
- Ninety-nine percent of CEI-rated employers now offer employment protections on the basis of sexual orientation.
For more information: www.hrc.org/cei
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