Slide 1: Business Coalition for Workplace Fairness
Employment Non-Discrimination Act H.R. 3017 / S. 1584
Slide 2: You’re in good company.
Successful businesses prohibit discrimination.
100%
97% 87%
70%
69%
50%
41%
25%
Sexual Orientation Gender Identity
0% FORTUNE 1000
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Slide 3: Federal law does not prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity.
Discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity is legal in at least
38states
Gender Identity & Sexual Orientation
12 states & the District of Columbia
Sexual Orientation
9 states
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Slide 4: Americans believe job discrimination is wrong. “ Would you favor or oppose Congress passing a law that would ”
make it illegal for employers to fire, refuse to hire, or refuse to promote employees on the basis of a person's sexual orientation or gender identity?
Oppose, 39%
Not Sure, 3% Favor, 58%
Peter D. Hart Research Associates, Inc. Jan. 31- Feb. 5, 2007.
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Slide 5: Employment Non-Discrimination Act
• Basic employment protection
for all American workers
• Prohibits preferential treatment
and quotas
• Reasonable scope
exempts small businesses, most religious organizations and the military
• No financial burden
does not mandate domestic partner benefits
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Slide 6: Business Case
• Supports existing non-discrimination policies
without adding financial burden
• Eliminates inconsistency
across operations, business clients and suppliers
• Reinforces corporate reputation
as a champion of workplace fairness
– Drive recruitment and retention of dedicated, fair-minded employees – LGBT consumer market estimated $687b in 2007
Interactive poll)
77 percent of gay and lesbian respondents said they were likely to consider brands that support nonprofits and/or causes that are important to them as LGBT persons (2007 Harris
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Slide 7: Over a Decade of Corporate Support
1996 Employment Non-Discrimination Act comes within one vote of passage in U.S. Senate
23 U.S. corporations support passage of federal workplace anti-discrimination law including:
– AT&T, Eastman Kodak, General Mills, Honeywell, Merrill Lynch and Microsoft
2000
2002
Four U.S. corporations testify in support of anti-discrimination law before a U.S. Senate committee:
– Eastman Kodak, FleetBoston, Hewlett-Packard and Shell Oil
2004 49 U.S. corporations and 55 small businesses support passage of federal workplace anti-discrimination law including:
– BP, JP Morgan Chase, IBM, Levi Strauss, Nationwide, Nike and Yahoo!
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Slide 8: Join the Business Coalition
“
ENDA is not only the right thing to do, but it is also good for business. We want our employees focused on doing the very best they can at their job.
– General Mills Inc.
”
Join the Coalition – Contact Eric Bloem of Human Rights Campaign at (202) 572-8985
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Slide 9: 80+ Major Businesses Support
Accenture Ltd. Alberto – Culver Co. Alcoa Inc. Ameriprise Financial Inc. Amgen Inc. AMR Corp. (American Airlines) Bank of America Corp. The Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (BNY Mellon) BASF Corp. Bausch & Lomb Inc. Best Buy Co. Inc. Bingham McCutchen LLP BMC Software Inc. Boehringer Ingelheim USA Corp. BP America Inc. Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. Capital One Financial Corp. Charles Schwab & Co. Chevron Corp. Chubb Corp. Cisco Systems Inc. Citigroup Clear Channel Communications Inc. Clorox Co. The Coca-Cola Co. Corning Inc. Dell Inc. Deloitte LLP Deutsche Bank Diageo North America New York, NY Melrose Park, IL New York, NY Minneapolis, MN Thousand Oaks, CA Fort Worth, TX Charlotte, NC New York, NY Florham Park, NJ Rochester, NY Richfield, MN Boston, MA Houston, TX Ridgefield, CT Warrenville, IL New York, NY McLean, VA San Francisco, CA San Ramon, CA Warren, NJ San Jose, CA New York, NY San Antonio, TX Oakland, CA Atlanta, GA Corning, NY Round Rock, TX New York, NY New York, NY Norwalk, CT Dow Chemical Co. Midland, MI Eastman Kodak Co. Rochester, NY Electronic Arts Inc. Redwood City, CA Eli Lilly & Co. Indianapolis, IN EMC Corp. Hopkinton, MA Ernst & Young LLP New York, NY Gap Inc. San Francisco, CA General Mills Inc. Minneapolis, MN General Motors Corp. Detroit, MI GlaxoSmithKline Philadelphia, PA Goldman Sachs Group Inc. New York, NY Google Inc. Mountain View, CA Hanover Direct Inc. Weehawken, NJ Harrah’s Entertainment Inc. Las Vegas, NV Herman Miller Inc. Zeeland, MI Hewlett-Packard Co. Palo Alto, CA Hospira Inc. Lake Forest, IL HSBC – North America Prospect Hts, IL Integrity Staffing Solutions Inc. Wilmington, DE International Business Machines Corp. Armonk, NY JPMorgan Chase & Co. New York, NY Kaiser Permanente Oakland, CA KeyCorp Cleveland, OH Kimpton Hotel & Restaurant Grp. San Francisco, CA KPMG LLP New York, NY Levi Strauss & Co. San Francisco, CA Marriott International Inc. Bethesda, MD Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc. New York, NY Merck & Co. Inc. Whitehouse Stn, NJ Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. New York, NY Microsoft Corp. Redmond, WA MillerCoors Brewing Co. Chicago, IL Morgan Stanley New York, NY Motorola Inc. Schaumburg, IL Nationwide Columbus, OH NCR Corp. Dayton, OH The Nielsen Co. Schaumburg, IL Nike Inc. Beaverton, OR Pfizer Inc. New York, NY PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP New York, NY QUALCOMM Inc. San Diego, CA RBC Dain Rauscher Inc. Minneapolis, MN Replacements Ltd. McLeansville, NC Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi LLP Minneapolis, MN Ryder System Inc. Miami, FL Sun Microsystems Inc. Santa Clara, CA SUPERVALU Inc. Eden Prairie, MN Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association – College Retirement Equities Fund New York, NY Texas Instruments Inc. Dallas, TX Time Warner Inc. New York, NY Travelers Companies Inc. St. Paul, MN WellPoint Inc. Indianapolis, IN Whirlpool Corp. Benton Harbor, MI Xerox Corp. Stamford, CT Yahoo! Inc. Sunnyvale, CA
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Slide 10: 50+ Small Businesses Support
Ability Market Morristown, NJ All Pro Home Inspections San Diego, CA ALT Services Inc. Plano, TX Americas Trade & Supply Co. Miami, FL August eTech LLC Hamilton Square, NJ BancForce Financial Staffing San Diego, CA Calvert Group Ltd. Bethesda, MD Classic Doors and Shutters Inc. Memphis, TN Cooney, Daniel Fine Art New York, NY Corner Office Consultants Tucker, GA David W. Cropper Insurance Agency LLC Alexandria, VA Delucchi Plus LLC Washington, DC Emilio Robba Boutique Coral Gables, FL Environmental Waste Solutions Inc. Media, PA Fair Measures Inc. Santa Cruz, CA Floordesigns Inc. San Francisco, CA Four Star Cargo Inc. Miami, FL Frontline Data Group Vienna, VA Funny Boy Films LLC Los Angeles, CA Galerie Hebron, KY Greater San Diego Business Association San Diego, CA Green Ink Communications Voluntown, CT Hanlon Brown Design Inc. Portland, OR Instant Signs of Santee Santee, CA Intersource Inc. Minneapolis, MN Jennifer Brown Consulting LLC New York, NY Kell Consulting LLC Louisville, KY Leverage Technologies Inc. Brecksville, OH Masters Realtors Inc. Dallas, TX McCown & Evans LLP San Francisco, CA Merge Media Group Gp LLC Dallas, TX Michael Chamness Co. Montpelier, ND Michael Toomey Pa Miami, FL Mirage Images Inc. Chattanooga, TN On-Site Productions Inc. Alexandria, VA Osmosis Medialab Inc. New York, NY P2p Staffing Corp. Coral Springs, FL PinnaclePay Merchant Services Inc. Lawrenceville, GA PocketNurse Enterprises Inc. Pittsburgh, PA Prime Access Inc. New York, NY Production Solutions Inc. Vienna, VA Project Designworks San Diego, CA Pulse Communication Inc. New York, NY Quorum St. Paul, MN Route 7 Productions Inc. Miami Beach, FL RSF Execare Rancho Santa Fe, CA Scoji Enterprises LLC Natchitoches, LA Scotwork, NA, Inc. Parsippany, NJ Sky’s The Limit Consulting Inc. Estero, FL Smart Women Co. St. Paul, MN SQN Communications Design Inc. Vienna, VA Stanley Sumner LLC Miami Shores, FL Trillium Asset Management Boston, MA Unique Impressions Phoenix, AZ Walden Asset Management Boston, MA Westlake Drug Inc. Kalamazoo, MI Witeck-Combs Communications Inc. Washington, DC Zebra Printing & Graphic Inc. Dallas, TX
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