TriNet

California
Accounting Payroll & HR Services

Risk Level:

Rating - Caution
Medium Risk

Summary:

TriNet, a payroll services company, has not terminated business relationships due to ideological differences. The CEO did imply that TriNet might 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, hosting DEI meetings for employees, and instituting company-wide DEI policies. The company does not protect employees from viewpoint discrimination. 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

TriNet has not publicly terminated business relationships due to political or religious differences (1). However, 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” (2).

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 have a written rule prohibiting donation to religious organizations (1).

Criteria

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

Risk Level
Rationale

TriNet does not provide protections from viewpoint discrimination (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, at which Abrams gave a DEI-focused speech (1). TriNet has signed the Human Right Campaign’s Business Statement on Anti-LGBTQ Legislation and released an article on the company site denouncing various state-level LGBTQ-related and election security laws (2)(3). TriNet is a member of the Business Coalition for the Equality Act (4). TriNet has implemented DEI policies in seemingly every sector of the company, including a week-long virtual DEI conference about “microaggressions” and unconscious bias (5). When Roe v. Wade was overturned, CEO of TriNet Burton Goldfield implied that the company might decrease business 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” (6).

Criteria

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

Risk Level
Rationale

TriNet has created a product that allows small businesses to reimburse employees for abortion-related travel (1)(2).

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

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Rationale

TriNet donates in a bipartisan manner consistent with business interests (1)(2).

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May 7, 2023

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