Domestic Partner Benefits
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Possible Civil Rights Reform Under Obama Could Benefit Businesses
Human resources departments nationwide could be rewriting policies and drafting new procedures over the next four years if the president and his administration are able to accomplish the goals expressed in his second inaugural address.
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Same-Sex Domestic Partner Benefits Would Cost Government $144M Over 10 Years
If the Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act were enacted, it would override DOMA's provisions regarding federal employees, but not its overarching definition of marriage for tax and Social Security purposes.
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Same-Sex Partner Seeks Workers' Comp Survivor Benefits
In October 2011, Fadely was shot and killed by a former hotel employee who had been fired by Fadely nine days earlier, court records show.
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Gay-Rights Advocates Urge Employers Not to Be in a Hurry to Drop Domestic-Partner Benefits
Although same-sex marriage is legal in some states, 'It's not as straightforward as one might think,' says Deena Fidas of the Human Rights Campaign. Opposite-sex and same-sex marriage are still not an 'apples-to-apples comparison,' she says.
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Arizona Officials Look to Repeal Domestic Partnership Benefits
The law in question, enacted in August 2009, sought to eliminate health care, dental, life, disability and retirement benefits for couples in domestic partnerships, including same-sex couples, by actively applying the state's definition of marriage—which it treats as a union only between a...
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Defense of Marriage Act Struck Down By U.S. Appeals Court
Seven married same-sex couples and three widowers of gay spouses filed suit in the U.S. District Court in Boston in 2009 seeking to block federal employers from enforcing the DOMA restrictions.
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LGBT Adults Better Prepared for Retirement, Survey Finds
The median amount that LGBT survey participants have saved is $150,000, 17 percent, of the $900,000 they expect to need. The average American has saved about 13 percent of the anticipated needed amount, according to the Wells Fargo study.
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For Same-Sex Couples, Rules Are Hardly the Same
State and federal laws are no perfect match for gay and lesbian couples.
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Significant Attention Paid to Significant Others in Need
Bon Secours Virginia Health System has found that permitting employees to modify their schedules reduces their anxiety and stress.
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Domestic Partners and FMLA Leave
On June 22, the Department of Labor issued Administrator's Interpretation No. 2010-3, clarifying whether parents who have no biological or legal relationship with a child may still be eligible to take leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act to care for him or her.
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Gay Couples Navigate Steep Retirement Challenges
Some employers extend the same retirement planning options to gay and heterosexual couples. But same-sex partners still must cope with more retirement and end-of-life complexities, including higher taxes.
