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Article: Employers continue riding the wave of domestic partner benefits.
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- Employee Benefit News
- Article date:
- May 1, 2006
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The past year has seen a series of victories and setbacks for domestic partner benefits and same-sex marriage.
Connecticut approved civil unions for same-sex couples, while 12 states started interpreting their newly passed prohibitions against same-sex marriage.
A judge recently stuck down a New York City law requiring city contractors to provide domestic partner benefits.
Meanwhile, domestic partner benefits continue to spread, particularly among large companies.
About 32% of firms offered health benefits to same-sex domestic partners last year, up from 27% in 2004, according to the Society of Human Resource Management. A study of the ...