Workplace

LGBTQ+ Professional and Student Associations

Below is a listing of LGBTQ+ Professional and Student Associations, broken down by industry.

Workplace

LGBTQ+ Equality at the Fortune 500

Fortune magazine's 500 largest publicly-traded companies, which collectively employ nearly 25 million people, have made significant strides in advancing equal protections and benefits for their lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and…

Workplace

How Can I find an Employer's Non-Discrimination Policy?

The employer seeking to include its gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer workers must maintain "sexual orientation" and "gender identity" as protected classes, in addition to federally protected classes, in…

Workplace

LGBTQ+ Employee Retention: Professional Development Programs

Professional development initiatives aimed at LGBTQ+ employees encourage workers to develop their professional careers within that same business and can be a critical tool for retaining talented employees. Targeted and…

Workplace, Laws & Legislation

Federal Laws Impacting Domestic Partner Benefits

When discussing Domestic Partner Benefits, it is important to be aware of the numerous laws that provide, and often restrict, numerous benefits to people in certain types of relationship. Domestic…

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Expanding your Employee Resource Group

There are critical aspects of forming a LGBTQ+ employee resource group when employees do not have explicit protections against discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. Working…

Workplace

Employment Policies: Adding Gender Identity as a Protected Category

Prohibit discrimination against transgender employees by including "gender identity or expression" or "gender identity" among the list of protected categories in your firm-wide non-discrimination and anti-harassment policies.

Workplace

Domestic Partner Benefits: Pension Survivor Annuities

The following is a brief explanation of a qualified joint and survivor annuity (QJSA), a qualified pre-retirement survivor annuity (QPSA) and the ways in which these benefit distribution forms impact…

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Domestic Partner Benefits: Nonspouse Rollover Provision for Retirement Plans

The Pension Protection Act of 2006 (PPA) changed the way that retirement plan benefits may be paid after a participant passes away. The PPA allows nonspouse beneficiaries, including employees' partners,…

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Domestic Partner Benefits: Hardship Withdrawal Option for Retirement Plans

Retirement plans may allow their participants to access retirement savings to help with a financial hardship, such as unreimbursed medical expenses, incurred by the participant's spouse or federally-defined tax dependents.…