The Out & Equal Workplace Awards honor individuals and organizations
that are leaders in advancing equality for LGBT employees in America's workplaces.
Through
these awards, Out & Equal Workplace Advocates provide the business
and LGBT communities with examples of innovative approaches and
proven successes to help create safe and equitable workplaces.
The awards are presented annually at the Out & Equal Workplace Summit, the nation's preeminent conference addressing LGBT issues in the workplace:
The Workplace Awards comprise five
specific categories; two awards recognize individual contributions and three recognize
organizational distinctions:
Individual Awards
Organizational Awards
Trailblazer Award
This award recognizes an LGBT person who has made a significant contribution to advancing workplace equality. This individual’s activities will have made a marked improvement in their own workplace and/or have contributed to equality nationally. The winner of this year's Trailblazer Award will receive a full scholarship to the 2007 UCLA Anderson School of Management LGBT Leadership Institute.
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Champion Award
This award recognizes a non-LGBT person who has played a pivotal role in championing equal treatment of LGBT employees on the job. This individual will have shown a unique commitment to LGBT workplace rights and will have used his or her talents to further that cause, even at some risk.
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Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Employee Resource Group of the Year
This award recognizes a particular employee resource group, sometimes referred to as an affinity group or network, that has a proven track record of success in advocating for LGBT equal rights in its own workplace.
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Significant Achievement
This award recognizes any employer that has made significant strides recently in advancing a fair and equitable workplace for its LGBT employees, such as: announcing parity in domestic partner health insurance, including gender identity diversity training, or initiating a unique general advertising campaign that includes LGBT people.
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Workplace Excellence
This award recognizes any employer that has an historic and ongoing commitment to pursuing and executing workplace equality for LGBT employees in their own workplace. This employer has a history of continually raising the bar of workplace equality for others to follow.
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