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catscradle Sep. 29th, 2004 11:24 am)
catscradle Sep. 29th, 2004 11:24 am)I should be doing work now, but the boss is in Mexico and the phones they are not ringing. Silence is golden. Silence means goof-off time.
So I'm running internet searches for companies that offer domestic partner benefits. You'd be surprised at how many do, which is nice. But you'd also be surprised at how many nation wide companies only offer those benefits in certain areas (most notably California), but not anywhere else. My guess is that some places are compelled to by city ordinance. Though it can also be that the companies do offer DP benefits elsewhere and it just hasn't been reported. It's rather frustrating that the issue is still so hush-hush. It makes research so difficult.
Anyone interested, you can find lists of companies, schools, governments that offer DP benefits at - Human Rights Campaign: Domestic Partner Benefits - they also have a booklet there on how to present the case to your employer to carry DP benefits. It's not a complete listing by any means, but it's a good start and definitely worth a look.
They also have a listing of companies with Workplace Non-Discrimination Policies That Include Sexual Orientation - I find it odd that the number of companies with this policy is less than half of those that grant DP benefits, but I think that might be a symptom of most companies being clueless about the need for any type of anti-discrimination policies. Typically they include race, gender and religion because it's the law - but they really don't consider much else because they don't have to by law. Or if they do include them, they're so weak as to not be very effective, such as policies on sexual harassment. Again, this list isn't complete, but it's a good start.
So I'm running internet searches for companies that offer domestic partner benefits. You'd be surprised at how many do, which is nice. But you'd also be surprised at how many nation wide companies only offer those benefits in certain areas (most notably California), but not anywhere else. My guess is that some places are compelled to by city ordinance. Though it can also be that the companies do offer DP benefits elsewhere and it just hasn't been reported. It's rather frustrating that the issue is still so hush-hush. It makes research so difficult.
Anyone interested, you can find lists of companies, schools, governments that offer DP benefits at - Human Rights Campaign: Domestic Partner Benefits - they also have a booklet there on how to present the case to your employer to carry DP benefits. It's not a complete listing by any means, but it's a good start and definitely worth a look.
They also have a listing of companies with Workplace Non-Discrimination Policies That Include Sexual Orientation - I find it odd that the number of companies with this policy is less than half of those that grant DP benefits, but I think that might be a symptom of most companies being clueless about the need for any type of anti-discrimination policies. Typically they include race, gender and religion because it's the law - but they really don't consider much else because they don't have to by law. Or if they do include them, they're so weak as to not be very effective, such as policies on sexual harassment. Again, this list isn't complete, but it's a good start.
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Hopefully that was repealed. Amazing how conservatives want the government out of businesses when it comes to things like minimum wages laws, over-time and forced health care, but think it's the moral obligation to get involved when companies actually want to give benefits away.
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However, I just checked and it must have changed, because according to the Atlanta Living Wage and the City of Atlanta web sites 50+ Georgia-based employers, including 6 of the 14 Fortune 500's in Atlanta offer domestic partner benefits.
The six Fortune 500 companies in Atlanta that offer benefits are: BellSouth, Coca-Cola Company, Coca-Cola Enterprises, Cox Communications, Delta Air Lines and SunTrust. (Also recently Home Depot, I believe.)
4 municipalities offer benefits. They are: City of Atlanta, City of Decatur, DeKalb County and Fulton County.
I also know that Georgia Tech (my sometime employer) offers them and therefore I assume so does Georgia State, University of Georgia, Georgia Southern, and the rest of the state colleges & universities.
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It's just very scary to research because in Colorado you can legally be denied employment or fired based on sexual orientation - so to even just ask HR the question of "Do you grant DB benefits" can seriously harm employment posibilites. I've gotten everything from very sweet people to down right mean and hostile responses.
I just found out that the place I'm interviewing at tomorrow does offer DB benefits in some states, but no listing for Colorado. They've got no info on their websites for any type of employee benefits at all. Web searches aren't pulling up anything for them at all save their customer site, which is rather extensive. Ah well, I guess I'll see if I'm even made an offer before I sweat it too much. One thing at a time...