Kirkland & Ellis LLP received a 100 percent score on the 2020 Corporate Equality Index (CEI), a national benchmarking survey and report on corporate policies and practices related to LGBT workplace equality, administered by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. This is the thirteenth year in a row that the Firm received a perfect 100 percent score on the CEI.
The 2020 CEI rated 1,059 businesses in the report, which evaluates LGBT-related policies and practices including non-discrimination workplace protections, domestic partner benefits, transgender-inclusive health care benefits, competency programs and public engagement with the LGBT community. Kirkland's 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 LGBT Equality. 688 major U.S. businesses earned a 100 percent rating this year.