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Domestic Partner Benefits: Where Does Your Workplace Stand?
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.2010.tb10191.x
Subject(s) - affect (linguistics) , diversity (politics) , sexual orientation , business , health benefits , marketing , health insurance , public relations , psychology , actuarial science , social psychology , political science , economics , economic growth , health care , medicine , law , communication , traditional medicine
This article discusses the growing trend in businesses to offer health insurance coverage for domestic partners, a decision made based on the desire to attract and retain employee talent regardless of sexual orientation. Two stories are included in the article that describe how domestic partner health benefits, or the lack of them, affect families. The article includes an inset describing the AWWA Diversity Award.