Wal-Mart Improves Treatment of LGBT Employees, Report Finds

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. improved its treatment of LGBT employees over the past year, nudging the retail giant closer to companies such as Apple Inc. and Goldman Sachs Group Inc., the Human Rights Campaign said.

Wal-Mart scored 90 out of 100, up from 80 last year, in HRC’s 2015 Corporate Equality Index, which judges companies on five benchmarks, including their nondiscrimination polices and commitment to equality for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender workers, as well as diversity and inclusion.