CA Technologies Earns Top Marks in 2015 Corporate Equality Index
November 19 2014 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
Scores 100 percent on Human Rights Campaign
Foundation’s Thirteenth Annual Scorecard on LGBT Workplace
Equality
CA Technologies (NASDAQ:CA) today announced that it received a
perfect score of 100 percent on the 2015 Corporate Equality Index
(CEI), a national benchmarking survey and report on corporate
policies and practices related to LGBT workplace equality,
administered by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation. CA
joins the ranks of 364 major U.S. businesses which also earned top
marks this year.
“We are honored to once again be named as a Best Place to Work
for LGBT employees by the HRC,” said Guy Di Lella, CA Chief Human
Resources Officer. “We know that diversity of perspective,
experience, and thought are imperative to driving business results
– and work hard to create an environment where all employees can
leverage their uniqueness and full potential, every single day.
From our unique work culture to our progressive benefits and
policies, CA Technologies is a committed champion and advocate of
LGBT community.”
The 2015 CEI rated 972 businesses in the report, which evaluates
LGBT-related policies and practices including non-discrimination
workplace protections, domestic partner benefits,
transgender-inclusive health care benefits, competency programs,
and public engagement with the LGBT community. CA’s efforts in
satisfying all of the CEI’s criteria results in a 100 percent
ranking and the designation as a Best Place to Work for LGBT
Equality.
CA supports its LGBT employees with programs, policies and
benefits that include:
- Participation in the HRC’s Employee
Nondiscrimination Act Business Coalition to advocate for LGBT
workplace equality;
- Hosting of an LGBT Inclusion Team to
foster diversity and allow employees to share information,
recognize achievements and interact with fellow employees;
- Offering health insurance plans which
afford coverage for transgender surgery including the full range of
medically necessary services and treatments as outlined by the
current World Professional Associate for Transgender Health
Standards of Care;
- Providing full healthcare benefits for
domestic partners and adoption assistance up to $10,000 for all
employees;
- Supporting the LGBT lunch at the Anita
Borg Institute’s Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing
Conference for the last 5 years:
- Prohibiting philanthropic giving to
non-religious organizations that have a written policy of
discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and/ or gender
identity;
- Engaging in targeted recruiting efforts
to the LGBT community every year with organizations like The San
Francisco Community Center and LGBT Center in NYC;
- Requiring US contractors to abide by
our inclusive non-discrimination policy
The HRC is America’s largest civil rights organization working
to achieve lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender equality. HRC
strives to end discrimination against LGBT citizens and realize a
nation that achieves fundamental fairness and equality for all.
For more information on the 2015 Corporate Equality Index, or to
download a free copy of the report, visit www.hrc.org/cei.
About CA Technologies
CA Technologies (NASDAQ:CA) creates software that fuels
transformation for companies and enables them to seize the
opportunities of the application economy. Software is at the heart
of every business in every industry. From planning, to development,
to management and security, CA is working with companies worldwide
to change the way we live, transact, and communicate – across
mobile, private and public cloud, distributed and mainframe
environments. Learn more at http://www.ca.com.
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