hereby pledges to support our employees and honor our customers/clients by ensuring
a Women-Friendly Workplace. We pledge that we:
Treat all customers/clients equally and with respect,
without regard to their sex, race, sexual orientation, age, marital or family
status, pregnancy, parenthood, disability or size.
Provide a workplace free of discrimination based on
sex, race, sexual orientation, age, marital or family status, pregnancy, parenthood,
disability or size.
Support all employees in their efforts to balance work
and family responsibilities. In this regard, we not only meet the minimum
requirements of the law but also strive toward policies that are genuinely
family-friendly. (Such policies might include paid sick leave, flex-time,
job sharing, child care and/or elder care benefits, family and medical leave
for companies not legally obligated to provide it.)
Do not tolerate sexual or racial harassment. We educate
all employees, including management, with regard to these policies and rigorously
enforce them.
Ensure that any allegation of sexual or racial harassment,
sexual assault and sex or race discrimination are promptly and thoroughly
investigated. Employees making such allegations are protected from retaliation
and are not required to seek redress from a workers' compensation board or
forced to submit to arbitration in lieu of pursuing legal or statutory remedies.
Have an affirmative action program to ensure that we
include women and people of color in the recruitment, hiring and promotion
of employees.
Do not tolerate sexist, racist, sexually-explicit or
pornographic images in the workplace or at any company-sponsored events.
Respect the laws that recognize the right of our employees
to organize and establish an independent voice.
Provide all employee benefits without discrimination
based on sex. Any health benefits offered cover the full range of reproductive
health services -- including abortion.
Do not discriminate on the basis of marital status
or sexual orientation. Benefits provided to spouses of employees are also
extended to domestic partners -- including same-sex couples.
Make this pledge to our employees and our customers
or clients on
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Signed ___________________________________________________________
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