Apple CEO Tim Cook spoke out in the favor of pending Employment Nondiscrimination Act, and stated the company’s feeling towards the issue going on in the form of workplace equality in the United States.
Cook explained it all about company’s practice to make “a safe and welcoming workplace for all employees, regardless of their race, gender, nationality or sexual orientation.”
Apple’s antidiscrimination policy goes beyond the legal protections U.S. workers currently enjoy under federal law, most notably because we prohibit discrimination against Apple’s gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender employees. A bill now before the U.S. Senate would update those employment laws, at long last, to protect workers against discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
We urge senators to support the Employment Nondiscrimination Act, and we challenge the House of Representatives to bring it to the floor for a vote.