Many employers are still trying to crack the code on LGBTQ inclusivity in the workplace. For Zappos, this starts with healthcare benefits.
The online shoe and clothing retailer uses the Human Rights Campaign’s Healthcare Equality Index as a guide when creating inclusive benefits and policies. Notably, the index is intended to help healthcare facilities promote equity among employees and patients, but Zappos uses the criteria to ensure they are not unconsciously discriminating against members of the LGBTQ community. For Zappos, this means fully covered premiums for health plans, six weeks of paternity leave for all parents, regardless of their path to parenthood, and a lifetime fertility benefit that helps cover treatments and medications.
