Employment Law Updates | New Proposed Legislation

November 30, 2009

Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act of 2009 Receives Favorable Report from House Committee

Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act of 2009
H.R. 2517, S. 1102, 11/18/2009

The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform has decided to favorably report, by a vote of 23-12, the Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act of 2009 (“DBPO”), a legislation that would provide the same family benefits to lesbian and gay federal civilian employees as are already provided to employees with different-sex spouses.

The legislation defines “domestic partner” to mean an adult unmarried person living with another adult unmarried person of the same sex in a committed, intimate relationship. It also defines “benefits” to include federal health insurance and enhanced dental and vision benefits, retirement and disability benefits,…

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Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Ontario Police Department

City of Ontario

Arch Wireless Operating Company, Inc.

B & D Contracting

Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee

Watkins Motor Lines, Inc.

Agere Systems, Inc. f.k.a. Lucent Technologies, Inc.

Tulsa Winch, Inc.

Ramsey Winch, Inc.

Norris

DP Manufacturing, Inc.

Auto Crane Company

Service Employees International, Inc.

American Airlines, Inc. a.k.a. American Eagle

Zurich American Insurance Co.

Highgate LTC Management, LLC

Autozone, Inc.

Southwestern Bell Video Services, Inc.

Temco Service Industries, Inc.

SBC Telecom, Inc.

14 Penn Plaza LLC

SBC Services, Inc.

City of Philadelphia

Pacific Telesis Group

Northeastern Land Services, Ltd. d.b.a. NLS Group

Pacific Bell Telephone Co.

LA Weight Loss, Inc. n.k.a. Pure Weight Loss, Inc.

Pacific Bell Information Services

Gold’n Plump Poultry, Inc.

Advanced Solutions, Inc.

The Work Connection

Cardone Industries, Inc.

Pitt-Ohio Express, Inc.

Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School

BVP, LLC d.b.a. Big Vanilla Pasadena

Lehigh Valley Physicians Business Services, Inc.

N.F.A.C., Inc. d.b.a. Big Vanilla Athletic Club

Lehigh Valley Health Services, Inc.

J.C. Penney Corp.

Huron Valley Ambulance, Inc.

American Insurance Co.

Murphy Ford Inc. d.b.a. Murphy Ford Lincoln Mercury Murphy Ford Inc.

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

United Airlines, Inc.

City of Chicago

Equal Employment Opportunity

Reliance Standard Life Insurance Co.

New Process Steel L.P.

The Star Tribune Company