Positive Discrimination of Homosexuals
The result of positive discimination at Google is that they raised the salaries of their GLBT employees and made them equal to that of heterosexuals.
Positive discrimination at Google resulted in salary raise for the homosexual employees. (Photoxpress)
At the beginning of July, Cynthia Yeung, the strategic partner of the development team at Google, announced at the official Google Blog that the company raised salaries for their homosexual, bisexual and trans-gender employees, who live in a registered relationship. The act of positive discrimination will make their salaries equal to those of heterosexual employees. In the USA, an employed person who is married does not pay an extra tax for medical insurance while this is not true for non-heterosexual couples. Around 700 employees will therefore be positively discriminated and receive an extra 790 dollars monthly from their employer.
Positive discrimination of the GLBT community
The raise in salaries for the GLBT community (gay, lesbian, bisexual, trans-gender) is not the only way of showing support for the homosexual employees. Until now the Californian internet mogul showed a positive discrimination towards the homosexual employees on more than one occasion. In 2008, Google strongly opposed to the California Family Code suggestion, because marriage union was described strictly as an union between a man and a woman. The co-founder of Google, Sergey Brin, said at the occasion: ''No person should be denied the basic human right, without regard to their sexual orientation, to marry the person they love.'' The statement makes it clear that the company finds it logical to treat heterosexual and homosexual relationships as equal when it comes to maternity/fraternity leave, sick leave or family holidays and other rights of the employees.
Google employees also participate at pride parades
Google employees have successfully participated at GLBT pride parades in various cities around the world: San Fransisco, Boston, New York, Tel Aviv, Tokyo and Singapore where they proudly held the ballons painted in Google colors.
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homosexuality in our Lover's Guide.
