Business Coalition for the Uniting American Families Act

LGBT

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We believe in recruiting and retaining talented people from across the globe. Lost talent and expended resources due to declined offers or office relocations are a needless financial and emotional strain on our company and its employees.
Steven Tallman, VP of Global Operations Russ Hagey, Chief Talent Officer Bain & Company

Liz Claiborne Inc. is proud of its long heritage of inclusiveness in hiring. We salute the work of the Business Coalition in its efforts to eliminate inequality under immigration laws so that members of the LGBT community have opportunities available to others.
William L. McComb, CEO Liz Claiborne, Inc.

Marriott treats all of its associates with respect, and works to create an inclusive environment where people thrive regardless of their race, class, gender, religion or sexual orientation. We have joined Immigration Equalitys Business Coalition to support passage of the Uniting American Families Act because the issue of equality for LGBT families under U.S. immigration laws is important to many of our associates, and to Marriott as a global employer.
Debbie Marriott Harrison, Senior Vice President, Government Affairs Marriott International, Inc.

In 1997, Intel was proud to lead and become an early adopter of offering Domestic Partner benefits for our workforce. Today, we continue to foster an environment that insures equitable treatment in our business practices. As such, we support immigration policies that treat individuals fairly and without discrimination, providing our employees and their family members the opportunity to contribute to Intels business success.
Rosalind L. Hudnell, Chief Diversity Officer Intel

ITS NOT JUST ABOUT FAIRNESS,

ITS ABOUT BUSINESS

THE ISSUE THE SOLUTION
EMPLOYEE RETENTION American LGBT employees with foreign national partners cannot sponsor those partners for immigration benefits, and may request transfer abroad or accept a competitors offer due to discrimination in U.S. immigration law ADVANCEMENT & PRODUCTIVITY Mobility and career advancement for LGBT employees can be hampered by immigration restrictions in the U.S. and abroad WORKFORCE PLANNING & FLEXIBILITY Foreign national LGBT employees in the U.S. may not bring non-American partners with them on the dependent visas that heterosexual employees use

A LEGISLATIVE FIX The Uniting American Families Act (UAFA) is a bill in Congress that would allow citizens and residents to sponsor their lesbian and gay permanent partners and children for immigration to the United States BUSINESS SUPPORT Congress needs to hear from businesses who are frustrated at seeing LGBT employees treated differently than their heterosexual colleagues under U.S. immigration law

To join the Business Coalition for the Uniting American Families Act, contact Chris Fleming at business@imeqactionfund.org or call 212 714-2904.

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BUSINESS COALITION FOR THE UNITING AMERICAN FAMILIES ACT is a coalition of companies who support equal treatment of LGBT employees and their families under U.S. immigration law. IMMIGRATION EqUALITY ACTION FUND advocates on Capitol Hill for equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and HIV-positive immigrants and their families. To end discrimination in U.S. immigration law, Immigration Equality Action Fund works to pass the Uniting American Families Act and LGBT-inclusive Comprehensive Immigration Reform. The Action Fund lobbies legislators and other policy makers, builds coalitions, and empowers LGBT immigrant families around the country to fight for change.

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