LAS VEGAS, Jan. 24, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- MGM Resorts
International (NYSE: MGM) is proud to announce that it received a
perfect score of 100 on the 2020 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 more than 680 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 impact of the Human Rights Campaign's Corporate Equality
Index over its 18-year history is profound. In this time, the
corporate community has worked with us to adopt LGBTQ-inclusive
policies, practices and benefits, establishing the Corporate
Equality Index as a primary driving force for LGBTQ workplace
inclusion in America and across the globe," said HRC President
Alphonso David. "These companies
know that protecting their LGBTQ employees and customers from
discrimination is not just the right thing to do — it is also the
best business decision."
The 2020 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.
"At MGM Resorts we have a long-standing history spanning over 20
years, of threading diversity and inclusion within the fabric of
our culture," said Jyoti Chopra,
Senior Vice President, Chief Diversity & Sustainability Officer
for MGM Resorts International. "As we continue to Focus on What
Matters and embrace humanity, we are committed to strive for
equality for all and we proudly stand with the LGBTQA+
community."
The 2020 CEI rated 1,059 businesses, of which 686 achieved 100
percent, earning the coveted distinction of "Best Places to Work
for LGBTQ Equality."
MGM Resorts has a 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 across the entire
United States, 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/focused.
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
29 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 over 80,000 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.
Media Contact
Kenthea
Pedraza
MGM Resorts International
Kpedraza@mgmresorts.com
702-692-6898
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