Is Tesla really LGBTQ friendly?
Tesla does not have a specific policy on LGBTQ rights, but the company generally supports the LGBTQ community and its employees. Tesla offers its employees domestic partner benefits and does not discriminate against employees based on their sexual orientation or gender identity. The company also participates in and donates to public events and organizations that support LGBTQ rights, and has donated to politicians who support or don't support LGBTQ rights legislation.
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Does Tesla have an LGBTQ inclusive culture?
Tesla has shown sustained commitment to diversity through several initiatives like training for new hires and employees, executives performance tied to diversity goals, and policies that support an inclusive culture around gender identity and self expression.
Tesla has employee groups and/or diversity councils within the company to support LGBTQ employees, and has several programs around hiring, supplier selection, marketing, and philanthropy to support LBBTQ individuals, causes, and organizations.
LGBTQ Corporate Social Responsibility
Employee group –or– Diversity council
Three Distinct Efforts of Outreach or Engagement to Broader LGBTQ Community
Three LGBTQ Internal Training and Education Best Practices
Does Tesla offer LGBTQ friendly benefits to its employees?
Tesla has strong and inclusive benefits offering for US Employees.
Health Insurance and other benefits are equivalent when it comes to their coverage of spouses or domestic partners for different-sex and same-sex couples.
At Tesla Transgender individuals are offered equal health coverage, including medically necessary care.
Equal health coverage for transgender individuals without exclusion for medically necessary care
Equivalency in same- and different-sex domestic partner medical and soft benefits
Equivalency in same- and different-sex spousal medical and soft benefits
Does Tesla have inclusive workforce protections?
Tesla has inclusive workforce protections, with policies that include both sexual orientation and gender identity & expression for all operations
Policy includes sexual orientation for all operations
Policy includes gender identity or expression for all operations
Latest news
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Tesla scored 100/100 for the seventh consecutive year on the topic of LGBTQ equality. The Human Rights Campaign Foundation (HRC) released its 2022 Corporate Equality Index listing, which ranks workplaces on LGBTQ equality.
by Clean Technica
Amazon, Starbucks among corporations bolstering abortion coverage
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by ABC News
Human Rights Campaign report on Tesla
Tesla has earned top marks in Human Rights Campaign's 2021 Corporate Equality Index
by Human Rights Campaign
Amazon, Delta, Pfizer and Tesla among companies backing LGBTQ bill
Amazon, Delta Air Lines, Pfizer and Tesla are among the more than 400 corporations supporting civil rights legislation for LGBTQ people, according to the Human Rights Campaign.
by CBS News