title: Recent developments in domestic partner benefits.
abstract: Domestic partner benefits have become increasingly common, particularly among large employers, as firms respond to stiff competition for highly skilled employees and also to equity issues. A lawsuit filed in response to the City of San Francisco's domestic partner amendment to an existing ordinance has drawn renewed attention to the subject in recent months.
authors.affiliation: St. Cloud State University, USA.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Davis
mesh_terms: D002568:Certification / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D005195:Family Relations; D005260:Female; D005568:Forms and Records Control; D006264:Health Benefit Plans, Employee / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D020010:Heterosexuality; D006716:Homosexuality; D006801:Humans; D007183:Income Tax / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D008297:Male; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D012495:San Francisco; D012747:Sexual Partners; D018454:Spouses