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From a health insurance perspective, now that Same-Sex marriage is legal in every state, some employers are saying that there's no need to continue offering "Domestic Partner" coverage as well...
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""Some large employers — including Verizon, Delta Air Lines, IBM and Corning — already have rescinded domestic partner benefits to employees living in states where same-sex marriage was legalized and replaced it with spousal coverage. Last July, Verizon gave its employees until the end of the year to decide whether to marry. IBM gives employees a one-year grace period, though a spokeswoman said the time frame was under review; Delta said it provided a grace period as well, about two years. And some states have also sought rollbacks.
Many employers extended the benefits only to partners of gay employees because they did not have the option to legally wed.
“With no legal barriers to same-sex marriage, it is likely some employers will eliminate their benefits for unmarried same-sex partners,” Todd Solomon, a partner at McDermott Will & Emery who has written a book on domestic partner benefits, said.""
Full Article: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/29/y...s-in-question-after-marriage-ruling.html?_r=0
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Excerpt:
""Some large employers — including Verizon, Delta Air Lines, IBM and Corning — already have rescinded domestic partner benefits to employees living in states where same-sex marriage was legalized and replaced it with spousal coverage. Last July, Verizon gave its employees until the end of the year to decide whether to marry. IBM gives employees a one-year grace period, though a spokeswoman said the time frame was under review; Delta said it provided a grace period as well, about two years. And some states have also sought rollbacks.
Many employers extended the benefits only to partners of gay employees because they did not have the option to legally wed.
“With no legal barriers to same-sex marriage, it is likely some employers will eliminate their benefits for unmarried same-sex partners,” Todd Solomon, a partner at McDermott Will & Emery who has written a book on domestic partner benefits, said.""
Full Article: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/29/y...s-in-question-after-marriage-ruling.html?_r=0
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