Does Ford offer domestic partner benefits?

Answer 1

• All PAC-10 universities, except ASU and UA, offer domestic partner benefits.
• Of the 38 research universities that rank ahead of the UA in annual funding by the National Institutes of Health, 31 offer domestic partner benefits
• At least 13 of Arizona's top 20 employers (65%) offer domestic partner benefits, including Honeywell, Banner Health Systems, Raytheon, Intel, Wells Fargo, Target, Qwest, American Express, Bank One, Bank of America, Motorola, Home Depot and Walgreen's. Other major companies in Arizona that offer domestic partner benefits include Hilton Hotels, Sears, Marriott International, Morgan Stanley, IBM, Gannett, UPS, Costco Wholesale, Cox Communications, Medtronic, Texas Instruments, and Intuit.
• In Arizona, domestic partner benefits are offered by Pima County and the cities of Tucson, Phoenix, Scottsdale and Tempe.
• Offering domestic partner benefits nationwide are: 8,286 organizations, 241 Fortune 500 companies, 7,607 private sector companies, 129 city and county governments, and 295 colleges and universities (HRC, accessed July 20, 2005)
• Eleven states offer domestic partner benefits: California, Connecticut, Illinois, Iowa, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington. Massachusetts is the only state that offers marriage licenses to same-sex couples; whereas Vermont and Connecticut recognize civil unions between same-sex couples.

Answer 2

In the United States, domestic partner benefits are offered to some federal employees, employees in some states and employees of some cities, towns and counties. In the private sector, domestic partner benefits are usually included in union contracts. Non-union employees may or may not receive DP benefits, depending upon whether the employer wishes to offer them. Many, many large, well-known companies (many of the Fortune 500) offer DP benefits.

Answer 3

Yes, Bank of America Corp. does give their employees domestic partner benefits, according to the Human Rights Campaign Foundation's Corporate Equality Index 2013, which gave them a 100% rating.

Answer 4

This costs money. And yet, many, many employers do it. So ... there must be a good reason why it's done. It is related to attracting and retaining qualified workers, as well as reducing the amount of time off that workers take.

I personally recommend that an employer allow some form of coverage for same-sex couples. If in a state where same-sex marriage is legal, then let them get married if they want benefits. If only civil unions or domestic partnerships are legal, then grant them benefits. If nothing is legal, then provide benefits to any same-sex couple that submits a sworn affidavit of domestic partnership.

Answer 5

1. Vermont (1994)
2. New York (1995)
3. Hawaii (1997)
4. Oregon (1998)
5. California (1999)
6. Connecticut (2000)
7. Maine (2001)
8. Rhode Island (2001)
9. Washington (2001)
10. District of Columbia (2002)
11. Iowa (2003)
12. New Mexico (2003)
13. New Jersey (2004)
14. Montana (2005)
15. Alaska (2006)
16. Illinois (2006)
17. Arizona (2008)
18. Wisconsin (2009)
19. Maryland (2009)

Answer 6

Yes, Amazon.com Inc. does give their employees domestic partner benefits, according to the Human Rights Campaign Foundation's Corporate Equality Index 2013, which gave them a 90% rating.

Answer 7

Yes, Ford Motor Co. does give their employees domestic partner benefits, according to the Human Rights Campaign Foundation's Corporate Equality Index 2013, which gave them a 100% rating.