Past as Prologue It’s always helpful to know a little history to understand how (and why) things are as they are today. In the case of ExxonMobil, it also helps to have some oil & gas industry insider’s perspective as well. During the 1990’s most of the major oil companies

???Keep these numbers in mind as you read through this article.  800, 29, 38, 74, and 92. A new effort has been launched by a broad coalition of groups and individuals to enact a city-wide ban on workplace and public accommodation discrimination based on a person’s sexual orientation or gender

??Ponder this. According to the 2011 Out & Equal Workplace Survey, nearly three out of four – or 74% – heterosexual adults agree that how an employee performs at his or her job should be the standard for judging an employee, not whether or not they are transgender or if

As many of you may know, Nikki Aruguz was married to a Wharton, TX firefighter who was killed in the line of duty.  (Wharton is a little town outside Houston.) Under normal circumstances, the death benefits would have been split between Nikki and the firefighter's two sons from a previous

This is something that we use at work pretty extensively (in one form or another — h/t www.impaqcorp.com )… and it seems that we here (on the Blend) could benefit from it as well. The steps are pretty straightforward: Identify your situation — and be honest about it. Clarify intentions

I hope what I’ve posted before has been useful or at least informative. Part 1 – ENDA is the Floor Part 2 – A Useful Tool Part 3 – What the new CEI criteria means Part 3a – Transgender Health Benefits If you’ve ever been to an Out & Equal

Part 1 – ENDA is the Floor Part 2 – A Useful Tool Part 3 – What the new CEI criteria means Part 3a – Transgender Health Benefits Here's where we stand on transgender benefits currently among companies that participate in the CEI. These benefits are:Mental health servicesPharmacy benefits (including

Part 1 – ENDA is the Floor Part 2 – A Useful Tool Part 3 – What the new CEI criteria means Part 3a – Transgender Health Benefits Since 2002, the CEI has emerged as the consensus benchmark for LGBT-workplace equality in the U.S. – it’s because of that status

Part 1 – ENDA is the Floor Part 2 – A Useful Tool Part 3 – What the new CEI criteria means Part 3a – Transgender Health Benefits So here’s a little background on the CEI… back in the 1993, author Grant Lukenbill and financial advisor Howard Tharsing created a

Part 1 – ENDA is the Floor Part 2 – A Useful Tool Part 3 – What the new CEI criteria means Part 3a – Transgender Health Benefits Although highly unlikely that anything substantively pro LGBT equality will be considered in the next two years — and ENDA probably won't