Future of DP Benefits Uncertain - McDermott Will & Emery

Future of DP Benefits Uncertain

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Todd Solomon said that nearly all companies which have dropped domestic partner benefits in the wake of the Supreme Court’s validation of same-sex marriage rights had limited those benefits to same-sex couples. “If their starting point was covering same-sex and opposite-sex unmarried couples, which many companies do,” Mr. Solomon explained, “they’re not changing anything in my experience because they’re already accustomed to covering a sector of employees who can legally marry but have just chosen not to.” Read the full article.