Establishing Domestic Partner Benefits
Business Case for Domestic Partner Benefits
Businesses that offer domestic partner benefits enjoy a competitive edge and re-enforce diversity and non-discrimination policies and initiatives.
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Employers
Non-discrimination policies, benefits and other practices that include LGBTQ+ workers are essential for businesses as they compete for talent and customers.
Domestic Partner Benefits: Cost and Utilization
After more than a decade of experience with employers offering domestic partner health benefits, the cost to most employers has been negligible. Coverage for domestic partners increases the number of…
Domestic Partner Benefit Eligibility: Defining Domestic Partners and Dependents
Employers do not need to require documentation of domestic partner eligibility. If an employer does require documentation, it can either define their own requirements or rely on existing legal documentation…
Diversity Training on Gender Identity and Gender Expression
Incorporate education about gender identity and gender expression in diversity and Equal Employment Opportunity compliance training programs.
Discrimination Against Transgender Workers
At least one in five transgender people surveyed report experiencing employment discrimination. In six studies conducted between 1996 and 2006, 20 to 57 percent of transgender respondents said they experienced…
Corporate Equality Index: Why the Criteria Change
Updated on 06/19/19
The Corporate Equality Index serves as a road map to corporate diversity leaders to help them stay on top of the evolving field of policies and practices…
Corporate Equality Index: What Businesses are Rated and How to Participate
The HRC Corporate Equality Index is an annual measure of how equitably large private businesses in the United States treat their lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer employees, consumers and…
Corporate Equality Index: Rating Criteria 1.0 (2002-2005)
From 2002 to 2005, the first HRC Corporate Equality Index rated employers on seven criteria that remain the basis for today's criteria. The original criteria were guided in part by…
Corporate Equality Index: About the Survey
The HRC Corporate Equality Index survey is the primary source of information for the Corporate Equality Index rating. The survey also helps gauge trends and best practices among all businesses…
Business Imperative of Transgender Inclusiveness
Both private and public sector employers are incorporating protections for transgender employees because they see it as a business imperative and as an important component of their diversity initiatives.