Date posted: 12/19/2006*

The Dec. 11 issue of Fortune magazine features Raytheon Company and its benefit programs and other support for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) employees.

Fortune describes Raytheon as a “high-profile supporter of gay rights” and highlights diversity events sponsored by the company, such as this fall’s “Out & Equal” convention in Chicago.

“Over the next 10 years we’re going to need anywhere from 30,000 to 40,000 new employees,” explains Hayward Bell, Raytheon’s chief diversity officer. “We can’t afford to turn our back on anyone in the talent pool.”

The article cites health-care benefits for domestic partners of gay employees as just one part of Raytheon’s gay-rights support. Raytheon is among 263 Fortune 500 companies to offer health benefits for domestic partners, according to the Human Rights Campaign. Ten years ago, only 28 companies could claim this distinction.

Read the full article.

*The content on this page is classified as historical content. See this important information regarding such content.