TriNet

California
Accounting Payroll & HR Services

Corprate Bias Ratings

Risk Level:

Rating - Caution
Medium Risk

TriNet, a payroll services company, does not protect its employees against viewpoint discrimination. However, the company has not publicly terminated business relationships based on views or beliefs. TriNet covers the cost of "medically necessary transition-related care” for its employees and their children. The company's CEO did imply that TriNet may develop a product that allows other small-to-medium-sized businesses to cover abortion-related travel costs for employees. In addition, TriNet has engaged in ideological advocacy, denouncing state-level LGBTQ+ and voting laws and instituting company-wide DEI policies. However, the company does not use its political contributions for ideological purposes. For these reasons, TriNet receives a Medium Risk rating.

Criteria
Risk Level
Rationale
Corporate Weaponization
Criteria

Has denied service to customers, suppliers, or vendors due to their political views or religious beliefs OR corporately boycotts, divests, or sanctions regions, people groups, or industries.

Risk Level
Rationale

When Roe v. Wade was overturned, CEO of TriNet Burton Goldfield implied that business might decrease in states that institute anti-abortion policies, stating, “There is no doubt that decisions about where to invest and grow are influenced by laws that can have a negative effect on the business community” (1). The company has not publicly fired customers, suppliers, or vendors based on political views or religious beliefs.

Criteria

Charitable giving (including employee matching programs) policies or practices discriminate against charitable organizations based on views or religious beliefs.

Risk Level
Rationale

TriNet does not appear to discriminate against religious organizations in its charitable giving (1)(2).

Criteria

Employment policies fail to protect against discrimination based on political affiliation/views and/or religion.

Risk Level
Rationale

TriNet does not provide viewpoint protections for its employees (1).

Corporate Governance and Public Policy
Criteria

Uses corporate reputation to support ideological causes and/or organizations hostile to freedom of expression.

Risk Level
Rationale

TriNet hosted Stacey Abrams as an “Esteemed Speaker” at a company event, where she gave a DEI-focused speech (1). The company was part of the Freedom for All Americans coalition, which advocated for federal legislation that would overrule state laws designed to protect girls’ sports and similar laws (2). TriNet released an article on the company site denouncing various state-level LGBTQ and election security laws and supports the Equality Act (3)(4). The company has implemented DEI policies including a week-long virtual DEI conference about “microaggressions” and unconscious bias (5).

Criteria

Uses corporate funds to advance ideological causes, organizations, or policies hostile to freedom of expression.

Risk Level
Rationale

TriNet covers the cost of “medically necessary transition-related care” for its employees and their children (1). The company has created a product that allows small businesses to reimburse employees for abortion-related travel (2)(3).

Criteria

Uses corporate political contributions for ideological, non-business purposes.

Risk Level
Rationale

TriNet has not used its political contributions for ideological purposes (1)(2)(3).

All links were last accessed and all information was updated on:
October 4, 2023

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