Chase Bank Refuses to Confirm, Deny Employee LGBT Survey

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Daily Signal:

Kelsey Harkness

July 09, 2014

 

A spokeswoman for JP Morgan Chase refused to confirm or deny that employees of the global banking giant were asked in a recent survey about their sexual orientation and whether they are ”an ally of the LGBT community.”

 

At least two Chase bank employees have said they were asked such questions, and one said employees’ identification numbers appeared on the returned surveys.

 

Chase spokeswoman Jaclyn D’Aversa told The Daily Signal on Monday evening that the survey was “completely voluntary and anonymous.” She refused to talk about the content.

 

Two employees of Chase allege that an annual survey on management and other routine issues included the following questions, with employees instructed to check all boxes that apply:

 

Are you:

 

1) A person with disabilities;

 

2) A person with children with disabilities;

 

3) A person with a spouse/domestic partner with disabilities;

 

4) A member of the LGBT community.

 

5) An ally of the LGBT community, but not personally identifying as LGBT.

 

When asked about the content of the questions and whether the survey was corporation-wide, D’Aversa refused to answer.

 

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