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Focus (Forum & Focus)

Dec. 17, 2008

Domestic Tranquility

In light of Proposition 8, employers should re-examine domestic partner benefit policies now that such partnerships are the only remaining legal classification for same-sex partners in California, write Todd A. Solomon and Brian J. Tiemann. - Focus Column

FOCUS COLUMN

By Todd A. Solomon and Brian J. Tiemann

The passage of Proposition 8 by a slim majority of California voters on Nov. 4, 2008, has left many employers questioning how the over 18,000 same-sex marriages performed between June 17 and Nov. 4, 2008, should be regarded for employee benefit purposes and debating whether they should amend their employee benefit plans in order to extend benefit coverage to domestic partners and/or same-sex sp...

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