JetBlue Remains at the Top for LGBT Workplace Equality
06 December 2016 - 12:00AM
Business Wire
For Yet Another Year JetBlue Earns a Perfect
'100' From the Human Rights Campaign Foundation's Annual Scorecard
on LGBT Workplace Equality
JetBlue (NASDAQ:JBLU) announced today that it has received
another top score of 100 on the 2017 Corporate Equality Index
(CEI). The honor from the Human Rights Campaign Foundation is based
on surveys and reports on corporate policies and practices related
to LGBT workplace equality.
"JetBlue is thrilled to once again earn a top rating in HRC's
Corporate Equality Index," said Robin Hayes, JetBlue's President
and CEO. "Here at JetBlue we are proud to embrace our company’s
rich diversity and celebrate the LGBT crewmembers who have helped
make us one of America's best places to work.”
In partnership with JetPride, the company’s crewmember resource
group, JetBlue has continued its support of many local and national
LGBT nonprofit groups across its network. As New York’s Hometown
Airline, JetBlue is proud to be the official airline of The Center,
the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community center. The
airline has also supported numerous other community organizations
such as AVP: The Anti-Violence Project, Boston Gay Men’s Chorus,
Lambda Legal, NLGJA – The Association of LGBTQ Journalists, the
OneOrlando Fund and OutRight Action International.
In celebration of LGBT pride, hundreds of JetBlue crewmembers
and senior leaders marched this year in celebrations across the
country including in the airline’s focus cities of Boston; Long
Beach, Calif.; New York; and Orlando, Fla.
The CEI 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. JetBlue's
efforts in satisfying all of the CEI's criteria results in a 100
ranking and the designation as a Best Place to Work for LGBT
Equality.
For more information on the 2017 Corporate Equality Index, or to
download a copy of the report, visit www.hrc.org/cei.
About JetBlue Airways
JetBlue is New York's Hometown Airline™, and a leading carrier
in Boston, Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood, Los Angeles (Long Beach),
Orlando, and San Juan. JetBlue carries more than 35 million
customers a year to 100 cities in the U.S., Caribbean, and Latin
America with an average of 925 daily flights. For more information
please visit JetBlue.com.
About The Human Rights Campaign
The Human Rights Campaign is America’s largest civil rights
organization working to achieve lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender
and queer equality. HRC envisions a world where LGBTQ people are
embraced as full members of society at home, at work and in every
community.
The following files are available for download:
- JetBlue at New York’s Heritage of Pride
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