The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has given Eli Lilly and Company for the fourth consecutive year a 100% rating on their Corporate Equality Index for 2010. Lilly has once again is being recognized as one of the Best Places to Work for LGBT Equality.
The Corporate Equality Index ratings are based on the HRC’s survey questions employers about employer-provided domestic partner insurance coverage, sexual orientation diversity training availability, non-discrimination policies, and an employer-sponsored LGBT employee resource group among other criteria.
As a resident of Indianapolis, I’m extremely proud of Lilly’s continued willingness to support LGBT employees. Even as HRC has raised the standards yearly, Eli Lilly has determinedly met and/or surpassed those challenges.
Bob Amitage, senior VP and general counsel at Lilly, and the executive sponsor of GLEAM, Lilly’s LGBT employee affinity group, “We are extremely proud to have received this honor, and see this as further evidence we are making progress in creating fully welcoming workplace for our gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender employees.”
Even though I’ve seen and/or driven by Lilly’s Headquarters for more years than I’d care to admit, I was not aware of their stance on LGBT equality until I was searching for a topic that would mean something to the Hoosier LGBT community. Twenty years ago, Lilly established GLEAM, which stands for gay and lesbian employees, advocates and more. GLEAM is the employee affinity group at Lilly that is committed to offering a welcome, safe, and productive working environment regardless of one’s sexual orientation. I’ll not only be seeing Lilly as a major pharmaceutical and research company when I pass their Headquarters but also a company that is dedicated to each of their employees regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity.
Check out HRC's Corporate Equality Index here!
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