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Article

18 Sep 2007

Author:
Bernadette Tansey, San Francisco Chronicle

U.S. companies getting better on gay, lesbian, transgender policies

The number of U.S. companies whose employment policies received the top rating from a civil rights organization for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people has risen 41 percent since the group's last survey in 2006. The Human Rights Campaign Foundation said 195 companies scored a full 100 points on its most recent annual evaluation, called the Corporate Equality Index, which recognizes employers for offering health insurance to domestic partners, forbidding job discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity, providing diversity training and other practices. [refers to Apple, Intel, Hewlett-Packard, Cisco Systems, Sun Microsystems, Google, Chevron, Wells Fargo, PG&E, Gap, Oracle, Genentech, Yahoo]