Domestic Partner Benefits

Domestic Partnership Benefits

The board of directors established an exploratory committee to assess the practicality of establishing a domestic partnership benefits program in this company. The board has kept this agency’s best interests at heart throughout all of the changes this business has gone through throughout the years. This exploratory committee has determined that instituting domestic partnership benefits will assist the company in becoming more diversified and competitive with other companies providing similar employment. The benefits will also assist in providing a more constructive workplace with a higher morale. Following along with this company’s non-discrimination policy, and a growing trend throughout the country is a challenging task. The arguments against the benefits program because of the issue of the high cost and the fear of boycotting the company does not outweigh the benefits of instituting a domestic partnership program. In 1982, The Village Voice newspaper became the first business to offer domestic partnership benefits to their employees (Kohn, 1999). Corporations and businesses around the world have followed The Village Voice’s example. Our entire company can benefit by the institution of this program.

Recruiting, hiring and retaining the most talented and well-qualified employees are essential for the optimal performance of any corporation. Younger, highly educated prospects for employment are looking for a company that provides for diversity in the workplace. This company needs to become competitive with other agencies that provide similar benefit programs for their employees. In addition to giving the workplace the diversity that the brilliant young recruits are looking for domestic partner benefits also follow along with this company’s non-discrimination policy that the board of directors has implemented. Our policy ensures that discrimination against employees as a result of their sex, race, color, age, religion,...