Findings Non-Discrimination Policies and Diversity Training Findings/
Sexual Orientation
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Criterion 1a Businesses That Prohibit Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation of CEI-rated employers provide employment protections on the basis of sexual orientation.
These 612 businesses account for 15,390,645 U.S. employees that are afforded protections by their employer instead of the federal government.
Criterion 1b Businesses That Provide Diversity Training Covering Sexual Orientation of CEI-rated employers further elaborate on the topic of sexual orientation in the workplace through diversity training.
with fullynon-discrimination/ inclusive non-discrimination/ EEO78 policies, percent include businessesbusinesses with fully inclusive EEO policies, percent78 include sexual orientation andingender identity in theirpolicies anti-harassment policies as well. The orientationsexual and gender identity their anti-harassment as well. The deliberate inclusion of these terms in anti-harassment policies (alongtraining) with accompanying inclusion ofdeliberate these terms in anti-harassment policies (along with accompanying training) equips human resource professionals, other potential equips human resource professionals, managers and othermanagers potential and mediators with the mediators the necessary language and concepts necessary with language and concepts to resolve conflicts.to resolve conflicts.
Resources on non-discrimination policies, anti-harassment policies and gender transition guidelines are available at www.hrc.org/issues/equal_opportunity.asp.
Corporate Equality Index 2O11: Rating American Workplaces on LGBT Equality
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