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Most companies see domestic-partner benefits as a key perk that attracts workers.
Gay Couples Losing Perks Joann S. Lublin 2011
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Northeastern University in Boston explored the possibility of phasing out domestic-partner benefits after gay marriage became legal there, according to Mike Armini, a spokesman.
Gay Couples Losing Perks Joann S. Lublin 2011
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Northeastern University in Boston explored the possibility of phasing out domestic-partner benefits after gay marriage became legal there, according to Mike Armini, a spokesman.
Gay Couples Losing Perks Joann S. Lublin 2011
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After Massachusetts legalized same-sex unions in 2004, a few employers there dropped domestic-partner benefits and told staffers they had to wed.
Gay Couples Losing Perks Joann S. Lublin 2011
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Most have continued to offer domestic-partner benefits—health care being the most common—to workers with same-sex partners in the states that recognize gay marriage.
Gay Couples Losing Perks Joann S. Lublin 2011
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Most companies see domestic-partner benefits as a key perk that attracts workers.
Gay Couples Losing Perks Joann S. Lublin 2011
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Among other consequences, passage of Amendment 1 would almost certainly require North Carolina courts to eliminate domestic-partner benefits that some municipalities currently extend to same-sex couples.
Jonathan Weiler: On North Carolina's Especially Disturbing "Defense of Marriage" Amendment Jonathan Weiler 2012
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The appeal stems from a court decision in Washington State that made public the names and addresses of the 138,000 people who signed petitions to put Referendum 71 (a statewide referendum on domestic-partner rights) on the ballot.
Oregon Joins WA Suit to Make Petition Signers’ Names Public « PubliCola 2010
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After Massachusetts legalized same-sex unions in 2004, a few employers there dropped domestic-partner benefits and told staffers they had to wed.
Gay Couples Losing Perks Joann S. Lublin 2011
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Currently, 37% of Fortune 1000 companies provide domestic-partner benefits, according to a 2011 study by Williams Institute , a think tank at UCLA's School of Law that researches sexual orientation in law and public policy.
Gay Couples Losing Perks Joann S. Lublin 2011
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