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Mattress Firm, Inc: Health Benefits for Domestic Partners! Don't table it this year!
  1. Signatures
    117 out of 400
    Petitioning
    1. Mattress Firm, Inc
  2. Created By
    Adela Trudel
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Why should Mattress Firm, Inc consider this after tabling the issue in 2011? What can be gained from changing current policy? Three simple reasons why this is a great move for Mattress Firm.

1) ITS A MATTER OF FAIRNESS
On average, 40% of an employee's compensation is comprised of benefits. With Mattress Firm's current benefits package, those that are unmarried, or unable to marry their partner due to state laws are, very simply, working for less overall compensation than those that are married.

2) OFFERING DOMESTIC PARTNER (DP) BENEFITS MAKES A COMPANY MORE COMPETITIVE AND PRODUCTIVE
Comprehensive benefit packages are highly enticing in the hiring process
Lack of offering DP benefits can exclude many qualified candidates in the hiring process, and the company risks losing great employees to competitors who ARE offering DP benefits.
Fair and open recognition of diversity in the work place contributes to employee satisfaction and performance
Since the average cost of hiring and training a new associate is $27,000 – any possible change that would lead to higher retention levels, should be seriously considered.

3) ITS A MAINSTREAM BUSINESS PRACTICE
The number of companies offering DP benefits has been steadily increasing since 1982 when the first company offered them
141 Universities nationwide offer DP benefits, including:
NYU, Duke, Cornell, Yale, Princeton, UPenn & The University of Texas
The list of current companies offering DP Benefits include many successful, groundbreaking businesses such as:
AT&T, Apple, Merryl Lynch, Barnes & Noble, Charles Schwab, Crate & Barrel, Callaway Golf, Bose, Ben & Jerry's, Home Shopping Network, Harley Davidson, Lucent Technologies, Lucas Films, Novartus, Readers Digest, Sony, Xerox, Ticket Master, Reebok, Reuters, IBM, Estee Lauder, Northwest Airlines
These 6 companies offer domestic partnership benefits and, not coincidentally, were also listed as a 2011 Top Company to Work For by CNN Money.com
Adobe Systems
American Express
Boston Consulting Group
Dream Works Animation
Starbucks
Whole Food Market

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Offer Benefits to Domestic Partners of Employees.

Greetings,

I just signed the following petition addressed to: Mattress Firm, Inc.

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Offer Benefits to Domestic Partners of Employees.



Why should Mattress Firm, Inc consider this? What can be gained from changing current policy? Three simple reasons why this is a great move for Mattress Firm.

1) ITS A MATTER OF FAIRNESS
On average, 40% of an employee's compensation is compromised of benefits. With Mattress Firm's current benefits package, those that are unmarried, or unable to marry their partner due to state laws are, very simply, working for less overall compensation than those that are married.

2) OFFERING DOMESTIC PARTNER (DP) BENEFITS MAKES A COMPANY MORE COMPETITIVE AND PRODUCTIVE
Comprehensive benefit packages are highly enticing in the hiring process
Lack of offering DP benefits can exclude many qualified candidates in the hiring process, and the company risks losing great employees to competitors who ARE offering DP benefits.
Fair and open recognition of diversity in the work place contributes to employee satisfaction and performance
Since that the average cost of hiring and training a new associate is $27,000 – any possible change that would lead to higher retention levels, should be seriously considered.

3) ITS A MAINSTREAM BUSINESS PRACTICE
The number of companies offering DP benefits has been steadily increasing since 1982 when the first company offered them
141 Universities nationwide offer DP benefits, including:
NYU, Duke, Cornell, Yale, Princeton, UPenn & The University of Texas
The list of current companies offering DP Benefits include many successful, groundbreaking businesses such as:
AT&T, Apple, Merryl Lynch, Barnes & Noble, Charles Schwab, Crate & Barrel, Callaway Golf, Bose, Ben & Jerry's, Home Shopping Network, Harley Davidson, Lucent Technologies, Lucas Films, Novartus, Readers Digest, Sony, Xerox, Ticket Master, Reebok, Reuters, IBM, Estee Lauder, Northwest Airlines
These 6 companies offer domestic partnership benefits and, not coincidentally, were also listed as a 2011 Top Company to Work For by CNN Money.com
Adobe Systems
American Express
Boston Consulting Group
Dream Works Animation
Starbucks
Whole Food Market


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