Amazon India dedicates month to LGBTQIA+ community
The Hindu
Amazon delivery boxes are being dispatched carrying a special tape with the pride flag of 11 colours, reflecting the diversity of the LGBTQIA+ community
Demonstrating its commitment towards a gender-neutral culture, Amazon India has designed a special tape to seal its brown boxes used for delivery of packages at customers' doorsteps, a company official said on Friday.
The e-commerce company said it has dedicated the entire month of June to LGBTQIA+ — a term used to refer people of the sexual minorities.
In June, Amazon boxes being dispatched from fulfilment centres in Delhi, Mumbai, and Bengaluru will carry the special tape with the pride flag of 11 colours. It reflects the diversity of the LGBTQIA+ community and the spectrum of human sexuality and gender, Swati Rustagi, Director, DE&I, International Markets, WW Consumer, Amazon, said.
To support the needs of this community, the company offers a same-gender partner coverage programme, which helps employees enrol their same-gender partner in their health insurance programme, she said.
Employees also have the option to choose a gender reassignment surgery or sign up for infertility treatment, both of which are provided as part of the health insurance benefit.
The company also supports LGBTQIA+ employees with resources and access to counsellors through its employee assistance programme.
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