Metro is playing catch-up, say supporters of gay protections
The argument that protecting Metro government’s gay employees would force the private sector to follow suit is all backward, supporters of a new anti-discrimination measure say.
Around the country, 90 percent of Fortune 500 companies’ anti-discrimination policies include sexual orientation or gender identity. In Nashville, some of the city’s largest private employers — http://www.vanderbilt.edu/“>Vanderbilt University and http://www.hcahealthcare.com/“>Hospital Corporation of America — put similar policies into place.
Against that landscape, the new measure’s supporters say, it should have a better chance of passage than a similar one proposed in 2003. But opponents say following the private-sector pack isn’t the way to go.
“Just because someone else does something doesn’t mean it’s right, and we learned that when we all took off from kindergarten,” said David Fowler, a former state senator and president of the http://www.factn.org/“>Family Action Council of Tennessee. “So unless we are going to act like lemmings and just blindly do what everybody else is doing, we need to stop and think before we make this a law.”
The city already has protections based on race, sex, religious affiliation and national origin in place, Fowler said, and protection based on sexuality is incongruous. He also said such a law could expose the city to lawsuits by people who feel it was broken.
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BNY Mellon Named One of Best Places to Work for LGBT Equality
NEW YORK, MY — The Bank of New York Mellon, (NYSE:BK) the global leader in asset management and securities servicing, has been named one of the “Best Places to Work for LGBT Equality” by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation.
The “Best Places to Work for LGBT Equality” distinction is awarded to businesses that scored 100% on the HRC Foundation’s 2009 Corporate Equality Index, the primary method for businesses to benchmark and evaluate their policies, practices and diversity efforts relating to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) workers. The index evaluates non-discrimination policies, benefits, diversity training and other internal resources for LGBT workers, as well as external support for LGBT consumers and job seekers.
“We’re committed to ensuring every employee in our company has an opportunity to contribute and excel, and I’m thrilled that this is being recognized,” said Robert P. Kelly, chairman and chief executive officer of The Bank of New York Mellon.
“Our company has made great strides in our ability to attract and support LGBT employees,” said Bruce Miller, an executive vice president and global sales coordinator and is co-chair of the company’s Prism affinity network. Prism strives to promote a workplace in which all LGBT employees are fully included in corporate life. “In recent years, Prism membership has grown from approximately 100 members to nearly 525 worldwide today. Prism members are becoming more visible in the company, viewing The Bank of New York Mellon as a place where employees are embraced for their talents and contributions.”
Prism is co-chaired by Denise Beckman, a vice president in Asset Servicing Technology.
The Human Rights Campaign Foundation is the United States’ largest civil rights organization working to achieve LGBT equality. A complete list of the honored businesses is available online: www.hrc.org/placestowork.
The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation is a global financial services company focused on helping clients manage and service their financial assets, operating in 34 countries and serving more than 100 markets. The company is a leading provider of financial services for institutions, corporations and high-net-worth individuals, providing superior asset management and wealth management, asset servicing, issuer services, clearing services and treasury services through a worldwide client-focused team. It has $20.2 trillion in assets under custody and administration, $928 billion in assets under management and services more than $11 trillion in outstanding debt. Additional information is available at www.bnymellon.com.
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