Where do America’s business leaders stand on the issue of workplace discrimination?
• Most of America’s smartest business minds understand that a person’s sexual orientation has nothing to do with their job performance. That is why a majority of America’s largest employers have already implemented this policy. Unfortunately, Congressional action is needed because there are still too many jobs where Americans can be fired simply for being who they are. • Federal law is lagging seriously behind the real-world policies that corporate America are already has in place: • As of March 2007, nearly 90 percent (433) of the Fortune 500 corporations included “sexual orientation” in their non-discrimination policies, compared to just 6 in 1990. • As of March 2007, a quarter (124) of the Fortune 500 corporations included “gender identity” in their non-discrimination policies, compared to just 3 in 2000. • As of January 2007, a majority (265) of the Fortune 500 corporations offered health benefits to employees’ domestic partners, more than twice as many as in 2000. • Not only is fe
