Rockwell Automation Earns Top Marks in 2018 Corporate Equality Index for Sixth Consecutive Year

Rockwell Automation Earns 100 percent on Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 16^th Annual Scorecard on LGBTQ Workplace Equality.

MILWAUKEE --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Rockwell Automation , the global technology leader committed to making the world more productive and sustainable, proudly announced that it received a perfect score of 100 percent on the 2018 Corporate Equality Index (CEI), a national benchmarking survey and report on corporate policies and practices related to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) workplace equality, administered by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation . Rockwell Automation joins the ranks of 609 major U.S. businesses which also earned top marks this year.

“It is important to Rockwell Automation that our employees are comfortable being who they are in the workplace,” stated Blake Moret , Rockwell Automation President and CEO. “We are proud of our inclusive culture and are committed to strengthening our environment where each employee can and wants to do their best work.”

The 2018 CEI rated 609 businesses in the report, which evaluates LGBTQ-related policies and practices including non-discrimination workplace protections, domestic partner benefits, transgender-inclusive health care benefits, competency programs and public engagement with the LGBTQ community. The efforts of Rockwell Automation , satisfied all of the CEI’s criteria results in a 100 percent ranking and the designation as a Best Place to Work for LGBTQ Equality.

For more information on the 2018 Corporate Equality Index, or to download a free copy of the report, visit www.hrc.org/cei.

The Human Rights Campaign Foundation is the educational arm of America's largest civil rights organization working to achieve equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual transgender and queer people. HRC envisions a world where LGBTQ people are embraced as full members of society at home, at work and in every community.

About Rockwell Automation

Rockwell Automation Inc. (NYSE: ROK), the world’s largest company dedicated to industrial automation and information, makes its customers more productive and the world more sustainable. Headquartered in Milwaukee, Wis. , Rockwell Automation employs approximately 22,000 people serving customers in more than 80 countries.

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