Several employees of Salesforce working in the cloud computing company's Indiana branch have sought for relocation out of state due to the highly contested "religious freedom" law that lawmakers have recently revised in an attempt to protect gays, lesbians and transgender groups from being discriminated against.

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff confirmed that he'd received an email from one of his Indiana employees stating that he didn't "feel comfortable living" in the state anymore, and that Benioff needed to move him out. "I gave him a $50,000 relocation package and said, 'great, you're clear to go,'" Benioff told.

Scott McCorkle, CEO of Salesforce's Marketing Cloud in Indianapolis, said in a statement that it is not uncommon for employees to request relocation. "As a result of (RFRA), a few employees have asked to relocate and we supported those requests," McCorkle.

San Francisco-based Salesforce is a cloud computing company, which acquired Indianapolis-based marketing software company ExactTarget last year for $2.5 billion.

"Salesforce is committed to our employees' success, well being and career growth," McCorkle said in the statement. "We are proud of our employees in Indiana and I'm so proud of what we accomplished this week."

On Thursday night, the Indiana Senate voted 34-16 to OK changes to RFRA, which would prohibit the law from being used to discriminate based on sexual orientation and gender identity. The bill was then signed by the governor.

Benioff tweeted last week that his company would be "forced to dramatically reduce (its) investment in IN based on (its) employee's & customer's outrage over the Religious Freedom Bill." The following day, he tweeted Salesforce "would be canceling all programs that require our customers/employees to travel to Indiana to face discrimination."