Walmart Will Begin Offering Same-Sex Domestic Partnership Benefits In 2014
Source: ThinkProgress
BY JOSH ISRAEL ON AUGUST 27, 2013 AT 12:34 PM
Walmart, the nations largest private employer, will reportedly begin offering domestic partnership benefits for same-sex couples, according to documents obtained by Towleroad. Benefits for same-sex partners, like same-sex spouses, would include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, discount cards, family leave, 401K, and critical illness and accident insurance, and be available in all 50 states and Puerto Rico.
The document explains:
In order to remain competitive in terms of attracting and retaining great talent to our company, were extending our benefits package to include domestic partners.
Read more: http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2013/08/27/2534411/walmart-domestic-partnership/
Safetykitten
(5,162 posts)valerief
(53,235 posts)ellenfl
(8,660 posts)4Q2u2
(1,406 posts)will have to shop elsewhere. Boy that is going to really put their Leave unto God what is Gods and Leave unto Cesar what is Cesar's in a quandary.
I am really going to miss all those spectacular outfits on POWalmart.
Berlin Expat
(950 posts)as if millions of wingnut heads suddenly exploded in rage, and were suddenly silenced."
totodeinhere
(13,058 posts)thing to do and it's long overdue.
But the problem is that benefits offered by Walmart suck. Their health insurance plans have high premiums, high deductibles and high co-payments and many of their employees don't qualify to get the benefits because they don't work enough hours.
They are also notorious of course for fighting any efforts by their employees to unionize and they pay slave wages. They are going to have to do a lot more than this.
thelordofhell
(4,569 posts)When did this happen??
ellenfl
(8,660 posts)eggplant
(3,911 posts)Two is an estimate, of course, but probably within +/- 2.
sinkingfeeling
(51,445 posts)Kelvin Mace
(17,469 posts)I will rush right out and double the number of Klingon Battle Cruisers I have protecting the solar system from invasion, to celebrate.
BillyRibs
(787 posts)Hours for everybody so they don't have to pay for it.
WestSeattle2
(1,730 posts)does offering partnership benefits to domestic partners do? I guess it helps WM identify staff they'll fire for being gay.
hatrack
(59,583 posts)Wow, real step forward there.
lin_e65
(55 posts)that Walmart wants to get into the health insurance business. Can you imagine what that would look like? The taxpayer would be footing most of the bill!!
LittleGirl
(8,282 posts)they are the evil empire that destroyed America from within.