HRC Corporate Equality Index names Womble Carlyle a “Best Place to Work” for LGBT equality for third consecutive year
December 12, 2016
Once again, Womble Carlyle has been honored for its support of LGBT equality. The Human Rights Campaign’s 2017 Corporate Equality Index has awarded the super-regional powerhouse a perfect score of 100 for the third year in a row.
The 2017 HRC Corporate Equality Index measures corporate policies and practices related to LGBT workplace equality. The measured criteria include:
- Non-discrimination workplace protections
- Domestic partner benefits
- Transgender-inclusive health care benefits
- Company-wide organizational competency programs, and
- Positive public engagement with the LGBT community.
Womble Carlyle satisfied all of the criteria and has been designated a Best Place to Work for LGBT Equality. In all, 517 major U.S. businesses earned perfect scores on the 2017 HRC Corporate Equality Index
“We are proud to our support our LGBT employees, and we have made a deliberate effort to ensure we have an inclusive workplace,” said Womble Carlyle Chair Betty Temple. “We support efforts to promote equality and fairness for all.”
Kevin Lyn, Co-Chair of Womble Carlyle’s Diversity Committee, said, “The rights and concerns of the LGBT community matter, and they are important to Womble Carlyle’s diversity efforts. We are glad the HRC agrees that we have created a welcoming and inclusive environment for our LGBT employees and their families.”
The Human Rights Campaign is America’s largest civil rights organization working to achieve lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender equality. By inspiring and engaging all Americans, HRC strives to end discrimination against LGBT citizens and realize a nation that achieves fundamental fairness and equality for all.
About Womble Carlyle
Womble Carlyle is a 500-attorney law firm that corporate clients rely on to provide core legal services, such as Complex Business Litigation, Mass Torts, Intellectual Property, Corporate & Securities, Finance and Real Estate.
Our focus is the Southeast, Mid-Atlantic and Silicon Valley markets, and from this footprint, we serve clients in matters across the country and across the world. Clients trust us because we understand their businesses, focus on their successes, demonstrate a commitment to help, and deliver value for their dollars they spend on us.
Womble Carlyle has a transatlantic alliance with leading U.K. firm Bond Dickinson to provide clients with domestic legal, regulatory and business advice in both the U.S. and U.K. Thanks to Womble Carlyle’s alliance with Lex Mundi, the world’s largest association of independent law firms, we also can offer clients access to quality-tested local counsel in more than 120 countries. Lex Mundi provides seamless access to local attorneys and market knowledge throughout the globe.
Womble Carlyle’s offices are located in: Atlanta; Charleston, Columbia and Greenville, S.C.; Charlotte, Greensboro, Raleigh, Research Triangle Park, and Winston-Salem, N.C.; Silicon Valley, Calif., Washington, D.C.; Charlottesville and Tysons Corner, Va.; Baltimore; and Wilmington, Del.
