LAS VEGAS, April 4, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- MGM Resorts
International (NYSE: MGM) is proud to announce that it received a
perfect score of 100 on the 2019 Corporate Equality Index (CEI),
the nation's premier benchmarking survey and report on corporate
policies and practices related to LGBTQ workplace equality,
administered by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation.
MGM Resorts joins the ranks of over 560 major U.S. businesses that
also earned top marks this year.
The Human Rights Campaign Foundation is the educational arm of
America's largest civil rights organization working to achieve
equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual transgender and queer people.
HRC envisions a world where LGBTQ people are embraced as full
members of society at home, at work and in every community.
"The top-scoring companies on this year's CEI are not only
establishing policies that affirm and include employees here in
the United States, they are
applying these policies to their global operations and impacting
millions of people beyond our shores," said HRC President
Chad Griffin. "Many of these
companies have also become vocal advocates for equality in the
public square, including the dozens that have signed on to amicus
briefs in vital Supreme Court cases and the more than 170 that have
joined HRC's Business Coalition for the Equality Act. Time and
again, leading American businesses have shown that protecting their
employees and customers from discrimination isn't just the right
thing to do -- it's also good for business."
The 2019 CEI evaluates LGBTQ-related policies and practices
including non-discrimination workplace protections, domestic
partner benefits, transgender-inclusive health care benefits,
competency programs, and public engagement with the LGBTQ
community. MGM Resorts' efforts in satisfying all of the CEI's
criteria results in a 100 percent ranking and the designation as a
Best Place to Work for LGBTQ Equality.
"We are honored to be recognized for the vigorous efforts we
invest in promoting equality for all within our company, our
communities and human society," said Phyllis A. James, Executive Vice President and
Chief Diversity & Corporate Responsibility Officer for MGM
Resorts International. "At MGM Resorts we have a long-standing
history of making Diversity and Inclusion a priority, we put the
action behind our words and we will continue to stand with the
LGBTQ community."
The CEI assessment focuses on LGBTQ-related company policies and
practices, including nondiscrimination workplace protections,
transgender-inclusive health care benefits, competency programs,
and public engagement with the LGBTQ community.
The 2019 CEI rated 1,028 businesses, of which 571 achieved 100
percent, earning the coveted distinction of "Best Places to Work
for LGBT Equality."
MGM Resorts has a long-standing record of support of the LGBTQ
community, as a National Corporate Partner of HRC and otherwise;
For example, MGM Resorts was a founding partner of the Las Vegas chapter of the Human Rights Campaign
in 2004. In 2011, MGM Resorts expanded its supplier and
construction diversity programs to include lesbian, gay, bisexual
and transgender (LGBTQ)-owned firms.
Years before same-sex marriage was legalized, same-sex
commitment ceremonies were performed at chapels at MGM Resorts'
properties, which continue to develop specialized marriage ceremony
offerings and outreach to same-sex couples.
For more information about MGM Resorts International's
commitment to diversity and inclusion, please visit:
www.mgmresorts.com/csr.
About MGM Resorts International
MGM Resorts International (NYSE: MGM) is an S&P 500® global
entertainment company with national and international locations
featuring best-in-class hotels and casinos, state-of-the-art
meetings and conference spaces, incredible live and theatrical
entertainment experiences, and an extensive array of restaurant,
nightlife and retail offerings. MGM Resorts creates immersive,
iconic experiences through its suite of Las Vegas-inspired brands. The MGM Resorts
portfolio encompasses 30 unique hotel and destination gaming
offerings including some of the most recognizable resort brands in
the industry. Expanding throughout the U.S. and around the world,
the company recently acquired the operations of Empire City Casino
in New York and Hard Rock Rocksino
in Ohio, which was rebranded as
MGM Northfield Park. In 2018, MGM Resorts opened MGM Springfield in
Massachusetts, MGM COTAI in
Macau, and the first
Bellagio-branded hotel in Shanghai. The 83,000 global employees of MGM
Resorts are proud of their company for being recognized as one of
FORTUNE® Magazine's World's Most Admired Companies®. For more
information visit us at www.mgmresorts.com.
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