Boston Globe Gay Employees: Marry or lose benefits
A memo was issued to Globe's Boston Newspaper Guild members advising Domestic Partner health and dental coverage will end January 1st if they do not marry.
Memo stated, "An employee who currently covers a same-sex domestic partner as a dependent will have to marry his or her partner by Jan. 1 for the employee benefits coverage to continue at the employee rates."
Domestic partner benefits were originally offered to gay employees because they cannot legally marry but the legalization of gay marriage in Massachuetts from a 2004 bill, the Globe changed their policy.
--- Boston Herald (click for full story)
This is a fair move by the Globe, since marriage is legal in Massachuetts, companies should recongize the union and offer the same benefits as their heterosexual employees. Also, finally one state has stood up and offered Gay and Lesbian couples the equality they deserve and to show the country that LOVE = MARRIAGE!!
Memo stated, "An employee who currently covers a same-sex domestic partner as a dependent will have to marry his or her partner by Jan. 1 for the employee benefits coverage to continue at the employee rates."
Domestic partner benefits were originally offered to gay employees because they cannot legally marry but the legalization of gay marriage in Massachuetts from a 2004 bill, the Globe changed their policy.
--- Boston Herald (click for full story)
This is a fair move by the Globe, since marriage is legal in Massachuetts, companies should recongize the union and offer the same benefits as their heterosexual employees. Also, finally one state has stood up and offered Gay and Lesbian couples the equality they deserve and to show the country that LOVE = MARRIAGE!!
posted by Cassandra Pena - SAYD PR Officer at
7/09/2006 04:07:00 PM
1 Comments:
Just to be clear, love does not equal marriage. Marriage is completely different. There are people in love that are married, but there are also people in love that aren't married. In fact, there are people married who aren't in love.
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Anonymous, at Tuesday, July 25, 2006 2:35:00 PM
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